allegori

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”) +‎ ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aləɡ̊oˈʁiˀ]

Noun

allegori c (singular definite allegorien, plural indefinite allegorier)

1. an allegory

Declension

Declension of allegori

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	allegori	allegorien	allegorier	allegorierne
genitive	allegoris	allegoriens	allegoriers	allegoriernes

Derived terms

• allegorisk

References

• “allegori” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑləɡuriː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

allegori m (definite singular allegorien, indefinite plural allegorier, definite plural allegoriene)

1. an allegory

Derived terms

• allegorisk

References

• “allegori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Noun

allegori m (definite singular allegorien, indefinite plural allegoriar, definite plural allegoriane)

1. an allegory

Derived terms

• allegorisk

References

• “allegori” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

allegori

Noun

allegori c

1. an allegory

Declension

Declension of allegori
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	allegori	allegorin	allegorier	allegorierna
Genitive	allegoris	allegorins	allegoriers	allegoriernas

Related terms

• allegorisk

See also

• analogi
• liknelse
• metafor
• parabel
• parallell

References

• allegori in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• allegori in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• allegori in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)