How do you pronounce alliteration?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/.

alliteration

/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: al-lit-er-a-tion
IPA: /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

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Meaning

noun

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland."

Etymology

From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: allīterātiō, ad

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

alliterations (plural)

Derived Forms

alliterationist

Frequently Paired Words

alliterational alliterative alliteratively alliterativeness assonance

Synonyms

initial rhyme beginning rhyme head rhyme

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location