μεταφέρω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to carry over, transfer
- to change, alter
- (rhetoric) to transfer a word to a new sense, use it in a changed sense, employ a metaphor
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek φέρω (carry, bear, bring, I carry, I bring).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φέρω
Gloss
carry, bear, bring, I carry, I bring
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
熊
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epoophoron English
- pheromone English
- epoophoron Latin
- metaphora Latin
- metaphorisch German
- метафора Russian
- феромон Russian
- Φέρεκλος Ancient Greek
- Φερεκύδης Ancient Greek
- Φερενίκη Ancient Greek
- Φερετίμη Ancient Greek
- δίφρος Ancient Greek
- διαφέρω Ancient Greek
- εὐφορία Ancient Greek
- θανατηφόρος Ancient Greek
- μεταφορά Ancient Greek
- περιφέρω Ancient Greek
- συμφέρω Ancient Greek
- φέρετρον Ancient Greek
- φέρομβρον Ancient Greek
- φέρω Ancient Greek
- φορά Ancient Greek
- φόρος Ancient Greek
- φόρτος Ancient Greek
- ψηφοφόρος Ancient Greek
- ἐπιφέρω Ancient Greek
- feromon Norwegian Bokmål
- metafor Norwegian Bokmål
- feromon Norwegian Nynorsk
- metafor Norwegian Nynorsk
- μεταφέρω Greek (modern)
- μεταφορά Greek (modern)
- φέρνω Greek (modern)
- φέρω Greek (modern)
- метафора Ukrainian
- *pʰérō Proto-Hellenic