Dead metaphor

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Dead metaphor

Quality:

Dead metaphor - metaphor that has lost its original imagery and thereby ceased to be a metaphor proper. Article “Dead metaphor” in English Wikipedia has 23.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 3 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Dead metaphor” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Dead metaphor”, its content was written by 56 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 74 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 15 times in English Wikipedia and cited 25 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #66035 in December 2004
  • Global: #139544 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #100822 in October 2022
  • Global: #185583 in October 2022

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
23.8001
2Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
22.8028
3Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
21.5729
4Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
18.1663
5Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
16.6309
6Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
1.1322
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Dead metaphor" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
354 712
2Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
3 868
3Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
3 720
4Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
2 762
5Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
971
6Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
761
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Dead metaphor" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
1 468
2Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
72
3Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
17
4Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
15
5Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
7
6Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Dead metaphor" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
56
2Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
6
3Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
4
4Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
3
5Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
3
6Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Dead metaphor" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
1
2Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
0
3Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
0
4Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
0
5Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
0
6Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Dead metaphor" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Dead metaphor
15
2Russian (ru)
Мёртвая метафора
5
3Arabic (ar)
منقول استعاري
4
4Persian (fa)
استعاره مرده
1
5Spanish (es)
Metáfora muerta
0
6Finnish (fi)
Kuollut metafora
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
منقول استعاري
enEnglish
Dead metaphor
esSpanish
Metáfora muerta
faPersian
استعاره مرده
fiFinnish
Kuollut metafora
ruRussian
Мёртвая метафора

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#100822
10.2022
Global:
#185583
10.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#66035
12.2004
Global:
#139544
12.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Dead metaphor from Wikipedia articles about Break a leg, Oxymoron, Semantic change, Down the rabbit hole and Metaphor. Whereas reading the article about Dead metaphor people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kick the bucket, Brass monkey, Parthian shot, Centrifugal governor and Patch.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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