sinécdoque

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sinécdoque

Etymology

Borrowed 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/
Rhymes: -eɡdoke
Syllabification: si‧néc‧do‧que

Noun

sinécdoque f (plural sinécdoques)

(rhetoric) synecdoche, synecdochy

Further reading

“sinécdoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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