Meanings
nounhypallage (countable and uncountable, plural hypallages)
plural hypallages
- rhetoricuncountableThe use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
- countablerhetoricA phrase in which this occurs.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
transferred epithet
Origin
- Ancient Greekὑπαλλαγή
- Latinhypallagē
- Englishhypallage
From Latin hypallagē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipàl·lage
- hipàl·lageliterary device
Chinese Mandarin 換置法 /换置法
- 換置法 /换置法 (huànzhìfǎ)literary device
Dutch hypallage
- hypallageliterary device
Finnish hypallage, siirretty epiteetti
- hypallageliterary device
- siirretty epiteettiliterary device
French hypallage
- hypallageliterary device
German Hypallage
- Hypallageliterary device
Italian ipallage
- ipallageliterary device
Portuguese hipálage
- hipálageliterary device
Romanian hipalagă
- hipalagăliterary device
Russian гипалла́га
- гипалла́га (gipallága)literary device
Spanish hipálage
- hipálageliterary device
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hypallage
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hypallage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypallage
MLA
“hypallage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypallage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypallage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypallage.
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