holonym

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English

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -onym.

Noun

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

• (term that denotes a whole): meronym

Holonyms

• semantic network
• thesaurus

Derived terms

• holonymy
• holonymous

Translations

term that denotes a whole

• Dutch: holoniem (nl) n
• Finnish: holonyymi (fi)
• French: holonyme (fr) m
• German: Holonym (de) n, Gesamtbegriff m, Verbandsbegriff m

• Polish: holonim (pl) m
• Spanish: holónimo 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