hypallage
French, noun/i.pa.laʒ/
hypallage is spelled H-Y-P-A-L-L-A-G-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hypallage is a French feminine noun meaning “chiasmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure de style qui consiste à attribuer à un mot ce qui convient à un autre, sans que cela empêche de…”.
What does hypallage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechiasmus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure de style qui consiste à attribuer à un mot ce qui convient à un autre, sans que cela empêche de comprendre le sens.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hypallage
- hypallages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hypallage?
- /i.pa.laʒ/
- \i.pa.laʒ\
- [i.pa.laʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hypallage in French?
hypallage appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).