Metonymie

See also: metonymie and métonymie

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [metonyˈmiː]
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Noun

Metonymie f (genitive Metonymie, plural Metonymien)

metonymy

Declension

Declension of Metonymie

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Metonymie	die	Metonymien
genitive	einer	der	Metonymie	der	Metonymien
dative	einer	der	Metonymie	den	Metonymien
accusative	eine	die	Metonymie	die	Metonymien

Derived terms

metonymisch

Further reading

Metonymie in Duden online

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