eponym

English

WOTD – 18 November 2006    

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epōnumos), from ἐπί (epi, “upon”) + ὄνυμα (onuma), Aeolic variant of ὄνομα (onoma, “name”). See -onym.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛpənɪm/

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Noun

eponym (plural eponyms)

1. The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.

   Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

2. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

   Rome is an eponym of Romulus.

   Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms.

Synonyms

• namesake

Derived terms

• eponymous

Translations

name of a person that has given rise to the name of something

• Bulgarian: епоним (bg) (eponim) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名祖 (cmn) (míngzǔ)

• Czech: eponymum (cs) n
• Dutch: eponiem (nl) n, naamgever (nl) m
• Finnish: eponyymi (fi)
• French: éponyme (fr) m
• German: Namensgeber (de) m, Eponym (de) n

• Irish: eapainm (ga) m
• Italian: eponimo (it) m
• Japanese: 名祖 (ja) (なおや, naoya)
• Polish: eponim (pl) m
• Portuguese: epônimo (pt) m
• Russian: эпоним (ru) (epónim) m
• Spanish: epónimo (es) m
• Swedish: eponym (sv) c
• Turkish: (psychology) eponim (tr), ad veren (tr)

word formed from a person’s name

• Bulgarian: епоним (bg) (eponim) m
• Dutch: eponiem (nl) n
• French: éponyme (fr) m
• German: Eponym (de) n
• Italian: eponimo (it) m

• Polish: eponim (pl) m
• Portuguese: epônimo (pt) m
• Russian: эпоним (ru) (epónim) m
• Swedish: eponym (sv) c

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Swedish

Noun

eponym c

1. eponym

Declension

Declension of eponym

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eponym	eponymen	eponymer	eponymerna
genitive	eponyms	eponymens	eponymers	eponymernas