allegorisk

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to allegori +‎ -isk. From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορικός (allēgorikós), from ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, allegory) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aləˈɡ̊oɐ̯ˀisɡ̊]

Adjective

allegorisk (plural and definite singular attributive allegoriske)

  1. allegorical

Adverb

allegorisk

  1. allegorically

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From allegori +‎ -isk.

Adjective

allegorisk (neuter singular allegorisk, definite singular and plural allegoriske)

  1. allegorical

Synonyms

Adverb

allegorisk

  1. allegorically

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From allegori +‎ -isk.

Adjective

allegorisk (neuter singular allegorisk, definite singular and plural allegoriske)

  1. allegorical

Synonyms

Adverb

allegorisk

  1. allegorically

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German allegorisch, equivalent to allegori +‎ -isk.

Adjective

allegorisk

  1. allegoric, allegorical
    • 1979, Alf Härdelin, “Fyra sätt att läsa bibeln”, in Signum[1], number 3, archived from the original on 24 January 2025:
      Det finns, säger de, en historisk, en allegorisk, en tropologisk och en anagogisk påsk.
      There is, they say, a historical, an allegorical, a tropological, and an anagogical Easter.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 3 December 2024, §117:
      Den allegoriska betydelsen: vi kan erhålla en djupare förståelse av händelserna i det att vi inser deras innebörd i Kristus: sålunda är övergången över Röda havet ett tecken på Kristi seger och [...] på dopet.
      The allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign of Christ's victory, and of Baptism.

Declension

Inflection of allegorisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular allegorisk
neuter singular allegoriskt
plural allegoriska
masculine plural2 allegoriske
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 allegoriske
all allegoriska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References