metonymy
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metonymy
- /mɪˈtɑnəmi/ US
- /mɪˈtɒnəmi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒnəmi
Where it comes from
From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
noun metonymies
- 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. Metonymy does new names impose, And things for things by near relation shews.
- A metonym. The escape from sameness to contiguity is particularly striking in such cases as Goldstein's patient who would answer with a metonymy when asked to repeat a given word and, for instance, would say glass for window and heaven for God.
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Talk about this word "metonymy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metonymy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. metonymy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/metonymy "metonymy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/metonymy.Cite this
@misc{metonymy_2026,
title = {metonymy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metonymy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
