different between metonym vs synechdocial

English

Etymology

Back-formation from metonymy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t?n?m/
• Homophone: metanym

Noun

metonym (plural metonyms)

1. (grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
2. (by extension) A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas.

Synonyms

• synonym

Hyponyms

• synecdoche (rhetoric)

Translations

See also

• demonym
• metanym
• Category:English metonyms

Danish

Etymology

Back-formation from metonymi.

Noun

metonym n (singular definite metonymet, plural indefinite metonymer)

1. (grammar) metonym
   • 2011, Jan Krag Jacobsen, 29 spørgsmål, Samfundslitteratur (?ISBN), page 124

     Den lille trailer […] blev […] brugt som et metonym for sort arbejde.

     The little trailer […] was […] used as a metonym for undeclared work.

   • 2010, Krydsfelt Grundbog i Dansk, Gyldendal Uddannelse (?ISBN), page 133

     I Herman Bangs Stuk (1887) er den arkitektoniske stuk blot et udsnit af tidens pyntesyge overfladeliv bliver et metonym på samtiden.^[sic]

     In Herman Bang's Stuk (1887), the architectural stucco is only a slice of the gaudy surface life of the time becomes a metonym of the time.^[sic]

   • 2011, Thomas Wiben Jensen, Kognition og konstruktion: to tendenser i humaniora og den offentlige debat, Samfundslitteratur (?ISBN), page 250

     ... en tendens til at bruge hjernen som et metonym for ens personlighed, ...

     ... a tendency to use the brain as a metonym for one's personality, ...

Inflection

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t??ny?m/, /m?t??ny?m/

Noun

metonym c

1. (linguistics) metonym

Declension