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 (zh) (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.

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