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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Alliteration
"Die Alliteration wird oft in der Werbung verwendet."
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
"The phrase 'she sells seashells' is a classic example of alliteration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from medieval Latin alliteratio, from ad- 'to' + litera 'letter'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Alliteration" is said worldwide
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allitération
Transliteration: allitération
"L'allitération en 's' crée un effet de sifflement."
Alliteration
Transliteration: Alliteration
"Die Alliteration wird oft in der Werbung verwendet."
allitterazione
Transliteration: allitterazione
"Il poeta usa l'allitterazione per enfatizzare il ritmo."
aliteración
Transliteration: aliteración
"La aliteración es un recurso estilístico muy común."
aliteração
Transliteration: aliteração
"A aliteração repete sons consonantais semelhantes."
अनुप्रास
Transliteration: anuprasa
"कविता में अनुप्रास अलंकार का सुंदर प्रयोग हुआ है।"
头韵
Transliteration: tóu yùn
"绕口令中常常包含大量的头韵。"
두음법칙
Transliteration: dueum beopchik
"그 시인은 독특한 두음법칙을 사용했다."
頭韻
Transliteration: zuiin
"頭韻は詩の中でリズミカルな効果を生み出す。"
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