метонимия

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, change of name), from μετά (metá, other) + ὄνομα (ónoma, name).

Pronunciation

Noun

метони́мия (metonímijaf inan (genitive метони́мии, nominative plural метони́мии, genitive plural метони́мий)

  1. metonymy

Declension

Further reading

  • метонимия in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru