holonym

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

holo- + -onym

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia holonym (plural holonyms)

  1. (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
    Body is a holonym of arm, leg and heart.
    Word is a holonym of letter.

Antonyms [edit]

  • (term that denotes a whole): meronym

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Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

holonym c

  1. (semantics) holonym

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