holonym

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English

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -nym.

Noun

holonym (plural holonyms)

  1. (semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term.
    The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye".

Antonyms
  • (term that denotes a whole): meronym

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Swedish

Noun

holonym c

  1. (semantics) holonym

Declension
Declension of holonym 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative holonym holonymen holonymer holonymerna
Genitive holonyms holonymens holonymers holonymernas
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