- metonym
- 'metənɪm n. word or concept that represents another word or concept to which it is related but does not specifically denote (Rhetoric)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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metonym — metonym, metonymy See desire … Dictionary of sociology
metonym — (n.) 1788; see METONYMY (Cf. metonymy) … Etymology dictionary
metonym — ► NOUN ▪ a word or expression used as a substitute for something with which it is closely associated, e.g. Washington for the US government. DERIVATIVES metonymic adjective metonymy noun. ORIGIN from Greek met numia change of name … English terms dictionary
metonym — [met′ə nim] n. [back form. < METONYMY] a word or phrase used in metonymy, as a substitute for another … English World dictionary
metonym — noun Etymology: back formation from metonymy Date: 1862 a word used in metonymy … New Collegiate Dictionary
Metonym — Die Metonymie (griechisch μετωνυμία, metonymía – die Namensvertauschung, Umbenennung, lateinisch metonymia, denominatio, transnominatio) gehört als rhetorische Stilfigur zu den Tropen, den Formen uneigentlichen Ausdrucks, die auf einem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
metonym — a synonym … Dictionary of ichthyology
metonym — /met euh nim/, n. a word used in metonymy. [1830 40; back formation from METONYMY] * * * … Universalium
metonym — noun /ˈmɛtənɪm/ A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; A word used in metonymy … Wiktionary
metonym — A word used in place of the person or thing actually meant: e.g. in Rev. 13:3 the ‘head’ refers to the emperor and in 1 Pet. 5:13 ‘Babylon’ refers to Rome … Dictionary of the Bible
