different between metonymic vs metonymy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (met?numikós, “of or like metonymy”), from ????????? (met?numía, “change of name”), from ???? (metá, “other”) + ????? (ónuma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?m?t.??n?m.?k/

Adjective

metonymic (comparative more metonymic, superlative most metonymic)

1. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object
   • 1999, Udo Hahn & Katja Markert, "On the Formal Distinction between Literal and Figurative Language", Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 9th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, page 140

     With a metonymic expression encountered in almost every sixth utterance, an uncontroversial need for dealing with this problem is demonstrated.

   Synonym: metonymical

Derived terms

• metonymically

Related terms

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Noun

metonymic (plural metonymics)

1. a metonym

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (met?numí?, “change of name”), from ???? (metá, “other”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

metonymy (countable and uncountable, plural metonymies)

1. (rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

   Coordinate term: metaphor

   Hypernyms: trope, figure of speech

   Hyponyms: synecdoche, synecdochy
2. (countable) A metonym.

Derived terms

• metonymous
• metonym
• metonymic
• metonymically

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See also

• metalepsis
• Category:English metonyms
• hyponymy

Further reading

• metonymy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• trope (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• metonymy at OneLook Dictionary Search