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simile

/ˈsɪməli/ Australia, Canada, US
/ˈsəməli/ New Zealand
/ˈsɪməle/ Scotland
/-lɪ/ Scotland
/-li/ Scotland

Where it comes from

From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.

noun similes · similia

countable, rhetoric, uncountable A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as. He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]
Opposite: dissimile
countable, uncountable Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
countable, uncountable Something similar that's not a clone.

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noun figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another

Español	símil
한국어	직유 jigyu, 시밀레 simille
日本語	直喩 chokuyu, 比喩 hiyu, シミレ shimire
中文	直喻 zhíyù, 明喻 míngyù, 譬喻 pìyù, 比喻 bǐyù
हिन्दी	उपमा upmā
Kiswahili	tashbihi
Português	símile
Français	comparaison
Deutsch	Vergleich, Gleichnis
Italiano	similitudine
Ελληνικά	παρομοίωση paromoíosi
Română	comparație
Русский	сравне́ние sravnénije
Tiếng Việt	so sánh
العربية	تَشْبِيه tašbīh
עברית	דִּמּוּי dimmúy

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@misc{simile_2026,
  title = {simile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/simile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}