different between autonomasia vs antonomasia

English

Alternative forms

• autonomasy (archaic)

Noun

autonomasia (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing, as in "he has gone to town" for "he has gone to London".

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ??????????? (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ænt?n???me?z??/, /æn?t?n???me?z??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ænt?n??me???/

Noun

antonomasia (countable and uncountable, plural antonomasias)

1. (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.
2. (rhetoric) Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.

Related terms

• autonomasia

Translations

Further reading

• antonomasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.to.no?ma.zja/
• Hyphenation: an?to?no?mà?sia

Noun

antonomasia f (plural antonomasie)

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.to.no?ma.si.a/, [än?t??n??mäs?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.to.no?ma.si.a/, [?n?t??n??m??s?i?]

Noun

antonomasia f (genitive antonomasiae); first declension

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: antonomasia
• French: antonomase
• Italian: antonomasia
• Spanish: antonomasia

References

• antonomasia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antonomasia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ??????????? (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antono?masja/, [ãn?.t?o.no?ma.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Hyphenation: an?to?no?ma?sia

Noun

antonomasia f (plural antonomasias)

1. (rhetoric) antonomasia

Derived terms

• por antonomasia

Further reading

• “antonomasia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.