synecdoque
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin synecdochē, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]synecdoque f (plural synecdoques)
- synecdoche (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it)
- Hyponym: métonymie
Further reading
[edit]- “synecdoque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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