merónimo

See also: meronimo and merônimo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• merônimo (Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros

Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros

Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)

Portuguese -ónimo

Portuguese merónimo

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + Portuguese -ónimo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈɾɔ.ni.mu/

• Rhymes: -ɔnimu
• Hyphenation: me‧ró‧ni‧mo

Noun

merónimo m (plural merónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (semantics) meronym

Further reading

• “merônimo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “merónimo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “merónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mero-

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)der.

Ancient Greek -ώνυμον (-ṓnumon)bor.

New Latin -ōnymumbor.

Spanish -ónimo

Spanish merónimo

From mero- + -ónimo (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾonimo/ [meˈɾo.ni.mo]
• Rhymes: -onimo
• Syllabification: me‧ró‧ni‧mo

Noun

merónimo m (plural merónimos)

1. (semantics) meronym

Further reading

• “merónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025