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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.toˈnĩ.mi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈnĩ.mjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.toˈnĩ.mi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈnĩ.mjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.toˈni.mi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈni.mja/
- Hyphenation: me‧to‧ní‧mi‧a
Noun
metonímia f (plural metonímias)
- metonymy (the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify the entire object)