metonymia

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

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• Hyphenation: me‧to‧ny‧mia

metonymia f (plural metonymia's, diminutive metonymiaatje n)

1. (literature) a metaphor by which an inclusive term stands for something included, or vice versa; a metaphor in which a part is spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice-versa (the court for the judge)

• synecdoche

Internationalism (see English metonymy), ultimately from Late Latin metonymia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmetonymiɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪o̞ˌnymiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ymiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): me‧to‧ny‧mi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): me‧to‧ny‧mia

metonymia

1. metonymy

• “metonymia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023