synonyme
See also: Synonyme
English
Noun
synonyme (plural synonymes)
- Archaic form of synonym.
- 1910, Scientific Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 46, page 306:
- The constancy of the alkaloids is the factor that has made alkalometry the synonyme of exact medication in veterinary science.
- 1920, H P Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft's Writings in the United Amateur (1915-1922), page 120:
- In reading, the novice should note the varied mode of expression practiced by good authors, and should keep in his mind for future use the many appropriate synonymes he encounters.
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French
Etymology
syn- + -onyme, from Late Latin synonymon, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), composed by σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nɔ.nim/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: synonymes
- Hyphenation: sy‧no‧nyme
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: sinonim
Further reading
- “synonyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
synonyme
- inflection of synonym:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
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