Polyglot Dictionary

allégorie

/aleɡɔʀi/

la noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
allégories

Meaning

  1. allegory, a story with a symbolic hidden meaning

    • La Ferme des animaux est une allégorie du communisme.

      Animal Farm is an allegory for communism.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A narrative in which characters and events symbolically represent a deeper, often political or moral meaning.

Practice

1 What does allégorie mean?

2 Fill the gap: La Ferme des animaux est une ___ du communisme.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches allégorie?

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