métonymie

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

tonymie

Borrowed from Late Latin metonymia ('denomination'), itself from Ancient Greek μετωνυμία (metōnumía), from μετά ('change') and ὄνυμα, Aeolic form of ὄνομα ('name').

Definition

linguistique

Plural

métonymies

Translations

  • germangerman:Metonymie
  • englishenglish:metonymy
  • danishdanish:metonymi
  • spanishspanish:metonimia
  • greekgreek:μετωνυμία
  • hebrewhebrew:מטונימיה
  • italianitalian:metonimia
  • dutchdutch:metonymie
  • polishpolish:metonimia
  • portugueseportuguese:metonímia

See also

métonymique (adj.) métonyme (cn.)