metonymia

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: me‧to‧ny‧mia

Noun

metonymia f (plural metonymia's, diminutive metonymiaatje n)

1. (literature) A metaphor by which an inclusive term stands for something included, or vice versa; a metaphor in which a part is spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge).

See also

• synecdoche