metaphor meaning in Marathi
रूपक
/ˈmɛt.ə.fə//ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ/
metaphor in Marathi: रूपक. In English, metaphor means the use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
Marathi words for metaphor
- रूपक
English meaning of metaphor
- noun The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
- noun A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
- noun The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
- verb To use a metaphor.
metaphor in a sentence
- desktop metaphor, wastebasket metaphor
metaphor in other languages
- metaphor in Hindi
- metaphor in Tamil
- metaphor in Urdu
- metaphor in Bengali
- metaphor in Telugu
- metaphor in Malayalam
- metaphor in Kannada
- metaphor in Punjabi
- metaphor in Gujarati
- metaphor in Odia
- metaphor in Nepali
- metaphor in Tagalog
- metaphor in Arabic
- metaphor in Malay
- metaphor in Indonesian
- metaphor in Persian
- metaphor in Thai
- metaphor in Vietnamese
- metaphor in Myanmar
Questions about metaphor in Marathi
- What is the meaning of metaphor in Marathi?
- Metaphor in Marathi is रूपक.
- metaphor चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
- Metaphor: रूपक.
- What does metaphor mean in English?
- Metaphor means the use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.
Source and license
Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “metaphor”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: metaphor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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