métonymie

See also: metonymie and Metonymie

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.tɔ.ni.mi/

Noun

métonymie f (plural métonymies)

metonymy (figure of speech)

Further reading

“métonymie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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