metonimia

See also: metonímia

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

metonimia f (plural metonimie)

1. metonymy

Anagrams

• mitomanie

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.tɔˈɲi.mja/

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• Rhymes: -imja
• Syllabification: me‧to‧ni‧mia

Noun

metonimia f

1. (rhetoric) metonymy

Declension

Declension of metonimia

	singular	plural
nominative	metonimia	metonimie
genitive	metonimii	metonimii/metonimij (archaic)
dative	metonimii	metonimiom
accusative	metonimię	metonimie
instrumental	metonimią	metonimiami
locative	metonimii	metonimiach
vocative	metonimio	metonimie

Further reading

• “metonimia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “metonimia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin metōnymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metoˈnimja/ [me.t̪oˈni.mja]
• Rhymes: -imja
• Syllabification: me‧to‧ni‧mia

Noun

metonimia f (plural metonimias)

1. metonymy

Further reading

• “metonimia”, 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