Sunday, September 29, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: metonym

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metonym
Sep 30th 2013, 00:54, by Atitarev

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{{trans-top|word that names an object from a single characteristic of it}}

 

{{trans-top|word that names an object from a single characteristic of it}}

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* Chinese:

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*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|轉喻|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|转喻|tr=zhuǎnyù|sc=Hani}}

 

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|metoniem}}

 

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|metoniem}}

 

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|metonyymi}}

 

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|metonyymi}}

 

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* Japanese: {{Jpan|[[換喩語]]}} ({{Jpan|[[かんゆご]]}}, kan'yugo)

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* French: {{t-|fr|métonyme|m}}

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* German: {{t-|de|Metonym|n}}

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* Japanese: {{t|ja|換喩語|tr=[[かんゆご]], kan'yugo|sc=Jpan}}

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* Russian: {{t|ru|метони́м|m|sc=Cyrl}}

 

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Latest revision as of 00:54, 30 September 2013

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from metonymy.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

metonym (plural metonyms)

  1. A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
    Calling the monarch "your majesty" is using a metonym.

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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Translations[edit]

word that names an object from a single characteristic of it

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