sinécdoque

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “jointly receiving”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “I think, suppose, seem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈneɡdoke/ [siˈneɣ̞.ð̞o.ke]

Noun

sinécdoque f (plural sinécdoques)

1. (rhetoric) synecdoche, synecdochy

Further reading

• “sinécdoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014