metonym

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• /ˈmɛ.tə.nɪm/
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• homophone: metanym
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Back-formation from metonymy.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: փոխանուն (pʻoxanun) — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 轉喻 /转喻 (zhuǎnyù) — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Danish: metonym — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Dutch: metoniem — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Finnish: metonyymi — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• French: métonyme — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• German: Metonym — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Japanese: 換喩語 (kan'yugo) — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Macedonian: метоним (metonim) — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Norwegian Bokmål: metonym — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Portuguese: metônimo — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Portuguese: metonímia — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Russian: метони́м (metoním) — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Spanish: metónimo — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Swedish: metonym — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it
• Vietnamese: hoán dụ — word that names an object from a single characteristic of it