holonym

English

Etymology

From holo- +‎ -nym.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/, /ˈhəʊl.əˌnɪm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/, /ˈhoʊl.əˌnɪm/

Noun

holonym (plural holonyms)

(semantics, philosophy) A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.
Antonym: meronym

Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus

The word "face" is a holonym of the word "eye", which is a holonym of the word "retina".

Derived terms

Translations

term that denotes a whole

Afrikaans: holoniem (af)
Bulgarian: холоним m (holonim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 整體詞 / 整体词 (zhěngtǐcí)
Dutch: holoniem (nl) n
Finnish: holonyymi (fi), kokonaiskäsite (fi)
French: holonyme (fr) m
German: Holonym (de) n, Gesamtbegriff m, Verbandsbegriff (de) m
Polish: holonim (pl) m
Spanish: holónimo (es) m
Swedish: holonym (sv) c
Vietnamese: từ tổng, tổng danh

See also

Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Swedish

Noun

holonym c

(semantics) holonym

Declension

Declension of *holonym*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	holonym	holonyms
singular	definite	holonymen	holonymens
plural	indefinite	holonymer	holonymers
plural	definite	holonymerna	holonymernas