synonymia
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English
Etymology
From Latin synōnymiā, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía).
Noun
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synonymia (plural synonymiae)
- (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
- 2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
- At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, .
- 2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English synonymy), ultimately from Latin synonymia.
Pronunciation
Noun
synonymia
- synonymy (quality of being synonymous)
Declension
| Inflection of synonymia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | synonymia | synonymiat | |
| genitive | synonymian | synonymioiden synonymioitten | |
| partitive | synonymiaa | synonymioita | |
| illative | synonymiaan | synonymioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | synonymia | synonymiat | |
| accusative | nom. | synonymia | synonymiat |
| gen. | synonymian | ||
| genitive | synonymian | synonymioiden synonymioitten synonymiain rare | |
| partitive | synonymiaa | synonymioita | |
| inessive | synonymiassa | synonymioissa | |
| elative | synonymiasta | synonymioista | |
| illative | synonymiaan | synonymioihin | |
| adessive | synonymialla | synonymioilla | |
| ablative | synonymialta | synonymioilta | |
| allative | synonymialle | synonymioille | |
| essive | synonymiana | synonymioina | |
| translative | synonymiaksi | synonymioiksi | |
| abessive | synonymiatta | synonymioitta | |
| instructive | — | synonymioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “synonymia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03