metonímia

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See also: metonimia

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/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.toˈni.mi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈni.mja/

  • Hyphenation: me‧to‧ní‧mi‧a

Noun

metonímia f (plural metonímias)

  1. metonymy (the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify the entire object)