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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD METAPHRASE

From Greek metaphrazein to translate.
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PRONUNCIATION OF METAPHRASE

metaphrase  [ˈmɛtəˌfreɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAPHRASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaphrase is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb metaphrase in English.

WHAT DOES METAPHRASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Metaphrase

Metaphrase is a translation term referring to literal translation, i.e., "word by word and line by line" translation. In everyday usage, metaphrase means literalism; however, metaphrase is also the translation of poetry into prose. Unlike "paraphrase," which has an ordinary use in literature theory, the term "metaphrase" is only used in translation theory. Metaphrase is one of the three ways of transferring, along with paraphrase and imitation, according to John Dryden. Dryden considers paraphrase preferable to metaphrase and imitation. The term "metaphrase" is first used by Philo Judaeus in De vita Mosis. Quintilian draws a distinction between metaphrase and paraphrase in the pedagogical practice of imitation and reworking classical texts; he points out that metaphrase changes a word, and paraphrase, a phrase: a distinction that is also followed by Renaissance scholars.

Definition of metaphrase in the English dictionary

The definition of metaphrase in the dictionary is to alter or manipulate the wording of. Other definition of metaphrase is to translate literally.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO METAPHRASE

PRESENT

Present
I metaphrase
you metaphrase
he/she/it metaphrases
we metaphrase
you metaphrase
they metaphrase
Present continuous
I am metaphrasing
you are metaphrasing
he/she/it is metaphrasing
we are metaphrasing
you are metaphrasing
they are metaphrasing
Present perfect
I have metaphrased
you have metaphrased
he/she/it has metaphrased
we have metaphrased
you have metaphrased
they have metaphrased
Present perfect continuous
I have been metaphrasing
you have been metaphrasing
he/she/it has been metaphrasing
we have been metaphrasing
you have been metaphrasing
they have been metaphrasing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I metaphrased
you metaphrased
he/she/it metaphrased
we metaphrased
you metaphrased
they metaphrased
Past continuous
I was metaphrasing
you were metaphrasing
he/she/it was metaphrasing
we were metaphrasing
you were metaphrasing
they were metaphrasing
Past perfect
I had metaphrased
you had metaphrased
he/she/it had metaphrased
we had metaphrased
you had metaphrased
they had metaphrased
Past perfect continuous
I had been metaphrasing
you had been metaphrasing
he/she/it had been metaphrasing
we had been metaphrasing
you had been metaphrasing
they had been metaphrasing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will metaphrase
you will metaphrase
he/she/it will metaphrase
we will metaphrase
you will metaphrase
they will metaphrase
Future continuous
I will be metaphrasing
you will be metaphrasing
he/she/it will be metaphrasing
we will be metaphrasing
you will be metaphrasing
they will be metaphrasing
Future perfect
I will have metaphrased
you will have metaphrased
he/she/it will have metaphrased
we will have metaphrased
you will have metaphrased
they will have metaphrased
Future perfect continuous
I will have been metaphrasing
you will have been metaphrasing
he/she/it will have been metaphrasing
we will have been metaphrasing
you will have been metaphrasing
they will have been metaphrasing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would metaphrase
you would metaphrase
he/she/it would metaphrase
we would metaphrase
you would metaphrase
they would metaphrase
Conditional continuous
I would be metaphrasing
you would be metaphrasing
he/she/it would be metaphrasing
we would be metaphrasing
you would be metaphrasing
they would be metaphrasing
Conditional perfect
I would have metaphrase
you would have metaphrase
he/she/it would have metaphrase
we would have metaphrase
you would have metaphrase
they would have metaphrase
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been metaphrasing
you would have been metaphrasing
he/she/it would have been metaphrasing
we would have been metaphrasing
you would have been metaphrasing
they would have been metaphrasing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you metaphrase
we let´s metaphrase
you metaphrase
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to metaphrase
Past participle
metaphrased
Present Participle
metaphrasing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAPHRASE


appraise
əˈpreɪz
craze
kreɪz
erase
ɪˈreɪz
fraise
freɪz
fundraise
ˈfʌndˌreɪz
graze
ɡreɪz
holophrase
ˈhɒləˌfreɪz
misphrase
ˌmɪsˈfreɪz
mores
ˈmɔːreɪz
paraphrase
ˈpærəˌfreɪz
periphrase
ˈpɛrɪˌfreɪz
phrase
freɪz
polymerase
pəˈlɪməreɪz
praise
preɪz
prase
preɪz
raise
reɪz
rase
reɪz
raze
reɪz
rephrase
riːˈfreɪz
strays
streɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAPHRASE

metaphase
metaphor
metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorically
metaphoricalness
metaphorist
metaphosphate
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrasis
metaphrast
metaphrastic
metaphrastical
metaphrastically
metaphysic
metaphysical
metaphysically
metaphysician
metaphysicise
metaphysicist

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAPHRASE

acetylcholinesterase
anhydrase
buzz phrase
carbonic anhydrase
catch phrase
chrysoprase
epimerase
esterase
gyrase
isomerase
luciferase
noun phrase
parrot phrase
prepositional phrase
telomerase
to coin a phrase
topoisomerase
transferase
turn of phrase
verb phrase

Synonyms and antonyms of metaphrase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metaphrase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAPHRASE

Find out the translation of metaphrase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaphrase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaphrase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

直译
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metáfrasis
570 millions of speakers

English

metaphrase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metaphrase
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metaphrase
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дословно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metáfrase
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুবাদ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métaphrase
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metaphrase
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metaphrase
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直訳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metaphrase
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metaphrase
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dịch ra bản văn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metaphrase
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटाफ्रेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aynen tercüme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metaphrase
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metaphrase
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дослівно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metaphrase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Metaphrase
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

letterlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metaphrase
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metaphrase
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaphrase

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHRASE»

The term «metaphrase» is used very little and occupies the 158.125 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHRASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metaphrase» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metaphrase» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaphrase

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAPHRASE»

Discover the use of metaphrase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaphrase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies
The term metaphrase, usedfor anapproach to translation, is most familiar to usfrom John DRYDEN'S 1680 preface to his translation of Ovid's Epistles (see BRITISH TRADITION): having promised toreduce all translation to three heads, he first ...
Mona Baker, 2003
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History as Literature in Byzantium: Papers from the Fortieth ...
Papers from the Fortieth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Birmingham, April 2007 R. J. Macrides. fact that, according to the modern editor of the Alexiad metaphrase, Herbert Hunger, it was MS Parisinus Coislin 311 that in ...
R. J. Macrides, 2010
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Niketas Choniates: A Historiographical Study
Finally, there are clear indications that, at certain places, the Metaphrase even follows the readings of the b-text. Thus the editor concluded that the metaphrast was either working from two exemplars, one derived from the a-text and one from  ...
Alicia Simpson, 2013
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Works of John Dryden, Volume XVIII: Prose: The History of ...
History properly so called, prudential history, parallels metaphrase, "or turning an Authour word by word, and Line by Line, from one Language into another." Metaphrase stands as humbly before its original as prudential history before past  ...
John Dryden, Alan Roper, Vinton Dearing, 1975
5
How to Read World Literature
Imitation,. Paraphrase,. and. Metaphrase. Translation is at once a linguistic and a cultural project. Every serious translator has to confront the particular challenges raised in both dimensions by the text to be translated: How close should the ...
David Damrosch, 2011
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Philip Melanchthon and the Cappadocians: A Reception of ...
The VD16 lists three works by Gregory Thaumaturgus: the Metaphrase on Ecclesiastes and the Canonical Letter.46 The first (G3097), is a Latin translation of the Metaphrase by Johannes Oecolampadius, printed in 1520.47 The second  ...
H. Ashley Hall, 2014
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Redeeming the Text: Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of ...
Now indeed, the praiser of metaphrase could conclude, we might even prefer Dryden's version, as a poem, to the original, for its vigorous expression of male sexual desire, but that is a different matter from calling it a satisfactory translation.
Charles Martindale, 1993
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"Arms, and the Man I sing . . .": A Preface to Dryden's Æneid
139 However, he confuses the issue somewhat when, some lines further down, he indicates his position in this matter using terms he earlier had given different values: The way I have taken, is not so straight as Metaphrase, nor so loose as ...
Arvid Løsnes, 2011
9
Publications
rayes /impetuous / accumulat / emulate / exhilirat/ refide / spheares/ vases / shelfs / liquid / declind, for crooked / harmonious rounds / cristall rounds /&c. Our awin metaphrase hath non bot such as may be understood, except tuo or three that ...
‎1827
10
The Bannatyne miscellany [ed. by sir. W. Scott, D. Laing and ...
Our awin metaphrase hath non bot such as may be understood, except tuo or three that war wele knowin to that tyme when the psalmes war translated in meeter, and may be easilie changed. Bot to bring in a number of words which have need ...
Bannatyne miscellany, sir Walter Scott (bart), 1827

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAPHRASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metaphrase is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Controversial Philosophy Behind Franco's
Since the time of Cicero, professional translators have made a distinction between metaphrase (translation at the level of the word) and ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
2
An epistle to Anil Kumble, the great granddad of Indian cricket
This is not a tribute but an unfeigned effort to metaphrase the visceral feelings of an ardent cricket lover in the form of an open letter. India's love ... «Sportskeeda, Mar 14»
3
Cydia Tweak: The Powerful Metaphrase Brings A Pop-Over …
Metaphrase is a clever new jailbreak tweak that makes it easier than ever to translate text on the fly using an iOS device. You can pick up the ... «AppAdvice, Mar 14»
4
Solongus - Paranoid passion
For such a reason, they will have to vie each other unhesitatingly and metaphrase their dream into action to the end unlimitedly in order not to ... «Korea IT Times, Oct 12»

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