sinécdoque
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “jointly receiving”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈneɡdoke/ [siˈneɣ̞.ð̞o.ke]
- Rhymes: -eɡdoke
- Syllabification: si‧néc‧do‧que
Noun
sinécdoque f (plural sinécdoques)
- (rhetoric) synecdoche, synecdochy
Further reading
- “sinécdoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014