metonymy
English
Etymology
From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετονομασία (metonomasía, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Noun
metonymy (countable and uncountable, plural metonymies)
- The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
- (countable) A metonym.
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Translations
figure of speech
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metonym — see metonym
References
metonymy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - metonymy at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Category:English metonyms
- metalepsis
- Wikipedia article on trope
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