alliteration
US/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
alliteration noun: the repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
Noun
alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)
- The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
- So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.2018 March 20, “Fish fury flares over Brussels Brexit deal”, in ITV
- The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
alliteration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
alliteration in Hindi
- the repetition of letters or sounds
- अनुप्रास anuprās
alliteration in Tamil
- the repetition of letters or sounds
- மோனை mōṉai
alliteration in Telugu
- the repetition of letters or sounds
- అనుప్రాసము anuprāsamu
More languagesFewer languages
- alliteration in Malayalam
- അനുപ്രാസം anuprāsaṁ
- alliteration in Kannada
- ಅನುಪ್ರಾಸ anuprāsa
- alliteration in Sanskrit
- अनुप्रास anuprāsa
- alliteration in Tagalog
- aliterasyon, saulinig
- alliteration in Indonesian
- aliterasi
- alliteration in Persian
- واج آرایی vâj ârâyi
Forms of alliteration
| plural | alliterations |
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Origin of alliteration
From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).
Words formed from alliteration
Words that rhyme with alliteration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about alliteration
- What does alliteration mean?
- Alliteration means the repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
- What is alliteration in Hindi?
- Alliteration in Hindi is अनुप्रास (anuprās). See Alliteration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is alliteration?
- Alliteration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alliteration?
- Alliteration is pronounced /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of alliteration?
- The plural of alliteration is alliterations.
Words near alliteration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alliteration (page history and authors); alliteration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അനുപ്രാസം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅನುಪ್ರಾಸ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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