metonymy
The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to…The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
» 'Field,' by metonymy, is occasionally used as synonymous with 'battle'.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.
Metonymie, Namenvertauschung
метони́мияmetonímija
(countable)A metonym.
- substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)
Examples
2 sentences'Field,' by metonymy, is occasionally used as synonymous with 'battle'.
I'm surprised that some of you don't know how to use metaphors and metonymies.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), froFrom Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
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Forms
plural: metonymies| Singular | metonymy |
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| Plural | metonymies |
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Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable