metonímia

See also: metonimia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετονομασία (metonomasía, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

metonímia f (plural metonímias)

  1. metonymy (the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify the entire object)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.