holonym

English

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -nym.

Noun

holonym (plural holonyms)

1. (semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term.

   The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye".

Antonyms

• (term that denotes a whole): meronym

Holonyms

• semantic network
• thesaurus

Derived terms

• holonymy
• holonymous

Translations

term that denotes a whole

• Afrikaans: holoniem (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 整體詞／整体词 (zhěngtǐcí), 整体词 (zhěngtǐcí)

• Dutch: holoniem (nl) n
• Finnish: holonyymi (fi), kokonaiskäsite (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: holonyme (fr) m
• German: Holonym (de) n, Gesamtbegriff m, Verbandsbegriff (de) m
• Polish: holonim (pl) m
• Spanish: holónimo (es) m
• Swedish: holonym (sv) c

See also

• synecdoche

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Swedish

Noun

holonym c

1. (semantics) holonym

Declension

Declension of holonym
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	holonym	holonymen	holonymer	holonymerna
Genitive	holonyms	holonymens	holonymers	holonymernas