synecdoche
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synecdoche
- /sɪˈnɛk.də.ki/
- /sɪˈnɛk.doʊ.ki/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).
noun synecdoches · syndoche · synechdoche
- A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it. Synecdoche the whole for part will take, Or part for whole, just for the metre's sake.
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Similar: synecdochy
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noun figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
| Español | sinécdoque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 제유 jeyu, 제유법 jeyubeop |
| 日本語 | 提喩 teiyu, 提喩法 teiyuhō |
| 中文 | 提喻 tíyù, 提喻法 tíyùfǎ |
| हिन्दी | सिनेकडकी sinekḍakī |
| Português | sinédoque |
| Français | synecdoque |
| Deutsch | Synekdoche |
| Italiano | sineddoche |
| Ελληνικά | συνεκδοχή synekdochí |
| Română | sinecdocă |
| Русский | сине́кдоха sinékdoxa |
| Tiếng Việt | cải dung |
| עברית | סִינֶקְדּוֹכָה sinekdokha |
Talk about this word "synecdoche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/synecdoche. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. synecdoche. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/synecdoche "synecdoche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/synecdoche.Cite this
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title = {synecdoche},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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