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byword
English
Etymology
From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English b?word, b?wyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-Germanic *b?wurdij?, equivalent to by- +? word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German p?wurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English b?spel (“proverb, example”), b?cwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ba?.w?(?)d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ba?.w?d/
Noun
byword (plural bywords)
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 17:6:
- He hath made me also a byword of the people ...
- 1611, King James Version, Job 17:6:
- A nickname or epithet.
Translations
See also
- bispel
- byspel
Further reading
- byword at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Alternative forms
- biword, by-word, byworde, biworde, bywoorde
Etymology
From Old English b?word, modified from earlier b?wyrde, from Proto-Germanic *b?wurdij?; equivalent to bi- +? word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi??wurd/, /bi??w?rd/, /bi??w??rd/
Noun
byword
- byword
Descendants
- English: byword
References
- “b?-w?rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
byword From the web:
- byword what is the meaning
synonym
- There is a page Semantic relations on how these terms are used in Wiktionary.
English
Etymology
From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin syn?nymum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), neuter singular form of ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”), from ??? (sún, “with”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”). Equivalent to syn- +? -onym.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?n'?n?m, IPA(key): /?s?n?n?m/
Noun
synonym (plural synonyms)
- (semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
- Synonyms: equivalent, poecilonym
- Antonyms: antonym, opposite
- (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
- Synonym: metonym
- (zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
- (taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
- (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- homotypic
- heterotypic
- Wiktionary:Semantic relations
Danish
Adjective
synonym
- synonymous
Inflection
Synonyms
- ensbetydende
Noun
synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)
- synonym
Declension
Further reading
- “synonym” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “synonym” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zyno?ny?m/, [zy.no-], [?z?.no-]
Adjective
synonym (not comparable)
- synonymous
- Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch
Declension
Related terms
- Synonym
- Synonymie
- antonym, antonymisch
- Antonym
- Antonymie
Further reading
- “synonym” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), and ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)
- synonymous
Synonyms
- ensbetydende
- enstydig
- liketydig
Noun
synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)
- synonym
Synonyms
- liketyding
Derived terms
- synonymordbok
Related terms
- synonymi
- synonymikk
- synonymitet
- synonympreparat
See also
- entydig
References
- “synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), and ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”).
Adjective
synonym (masculine and feminine synonym, neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)
- synonymous
Synonyms
- einstydande
- einstydig
- liketydig
Noun
synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)
- synonym
Synonyms
- liketyding
Derived terms
- synonymordbok
Related terms
- synonymi
- synonymikk
- synonymitet
- synonympreparat
See also
- eintydig
References
- “synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
synonym
- synonymous
Declension
Noun
synonym
- synonym
Declension
Further reading
- synonym in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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