meronym
English
Etymology
From mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meronym (plural meronyms)
- (semantics) A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
- 1998, George A. Miller, “Nouns in WordNet”, in Christiane Fellbaum (editor), Wordnet: An Electronic Lexical Database,[1] MIT Press, →ISBN, page 38,
- If one starts with some complex whole, like {automobile} or {human_body}, it can be broken down into several levels of meronyms, but many of those meronyms will also be meronyms of other wholes. That is to say, some components serve as parts of many different things: think of all the different mechanisms that have gears.
- 1998, George A. Miller, “Nouns in WordNet”, in Christiane Fellbaum (editor), Wordnet: An Electronic Lexical Database,[1] MIT Press, →ISBN, page 38,
Holonyms
Coordinate terms
- hypernym
- hyponym
- metonym (but be aware that some metonyms derive from meronyms; for example, wheels/automobile, jet/jet airplane, head/cow)
Derived terms
Translations
word denoting part of whole
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See also
Swedish
Noun
meronym c
Declension
Declension of meronym | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | meronym | meronymen | meronymer | meronymerna |
Genitive | meronyms | meronymens | meronymers | meronymernas |
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- English terms prefixed with mero-
- English terms suffixed with -onym
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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