métonymie

See also: metonymie and Metonymie

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.tɔ.ni.mi/
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Noun

métonymie f (plural métonymies)

metonymy (figure of speech)

Descendants

→ Romanian: metonimie
→ Turkish: metonimi

Further reading

“métonymie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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