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.