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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trope, figure of speech
The use of this figure of speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: synecdochy
Antonyms: none provided
substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trope, figure of speech, figure, image
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”).
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
sinekdogee
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Albanian:
sinekdohë
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Armenian:
սինեկդոխա
(sinekdoxa)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Armenian:
համըմբռնում
(haməmbṙnum)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Azerbaijani:
sinekdoxa
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Belarusian:
сіне́кдаха
(sinjékdaxa)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Bulgarian:
сине́кдоха
(sinékdoha)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Catalan:
sinècdoque
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Chinese Mandarin:
提喻
(tíyù)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Chinese Mandarin:
提喻法
(tíyùfǎ)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Czech:
synekdocha
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Danish:
synekdoke
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Dutch:
synecdoche
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Esperanto:
sinekdoĥo
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Finnish:
synekdokee
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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French:
synecdoque
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Georgian:
სინეკდოქე
(sineḳdoke)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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German:
Synekdoche
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Greek:
συνεκδοχή
(synekdochí)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Hebrew:
סִינֶקְדּוֹכָה
(sinekdokha)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Hindi:
सिनेकडकी
(sinekḍakī)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Hungarian:
szinekdoché
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Italian:
sineddoche
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Japanese:
提喩
(teiyu)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Japanese:
提喩法
(teiyuhō)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Kazakh:
синекдоха
(sinekdoxa)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Korean:
제유
(jeyu)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Korean:
제유법
(jeyubeop)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Kyrgyz:
синекдоха
(sinekdoha)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Lithuanian:
sinekdocha
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Macedonian:
синегдоха
(sinegdoha)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Occitan:
sinecdòca
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Occitan:
sinecdòque
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Polish:
synekdocha
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Portuguese:
sinédoque
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Romanian:
sinecdocă
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Russian:
сине́кдоха
(sinékdoxa)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Serbo-Croatian:
синегдоха
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Serbo-Croatian:
sinegdoha
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Sicilian:
sinèdduchi
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Slovak:
synekdocha
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Spanish:
sinécdoque
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Swedish:
synekdoke
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Tagalog:
halisakop
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Tamil:
ஆகுபெயர்
(ākupeyar)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Thai:
สัมพจนัย
(sǎm-pót-jà-nai)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Turkish:
sinekdoş
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Ukrainian:
сине́кдоха
(synékdoxa)
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Uzbek:
sinekdoxa
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
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Vietnamese:
cải dung
— figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole
