different between phrase vs metonymic
phrase
English
Etymology
From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?z, IPA(key): /f?e?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: fraise, frays
Noun
phrase (plural phrases)
- A short written or spoken expression.
- (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
- (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
- (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
- phrases of the hearth
- (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.
Synonyms
- (expression): figure of speech, locution
- See also Thesaurus:phrase
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)
- (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
- I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
- (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
- (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
Derived terms
- phrasing
Related terms
- paraphrase
- rephrase
Translations
Further reading
- phrase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- phrase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- phrase at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear
French
Etymology
From Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??z/
Noun
phrase f (plural phrases)
- sentence
Derived terms
- phrase complexe
- phrase simple
- tournure de phrase
Usage notes
- This is a false friend to English phrase.
Further reading
- “phrase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- harpes, phares
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?p?ra.se/, [?p??äs??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fra.se/, [?f???s??]
Noun
phrase
- ablative singular of phrasis
Portuguese
Noun
phrase f (plural phrases)
- Obsolete spelling of frase (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
phrase From the web:
- what phrase best defines a star system
- what phrase best describes a federalist system of government
- what phrase best describes critical thinking
- what phrases did shakespeare invent
- what phrase best describes biodiversity
- what phrase best describes the main role of fermentation
- what phrase best describes the property of selective permeability
- what phrase describes an atom
metonymic
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)
- 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
- 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
Derived terms
- metonymically
Related terms
Translations
Noun
metonymic (plural metonymics)
- a metonym
Translations
metonymic From the web:
- metonymic meaning
- what does metonymic meaning
- what is metonymic code
- what does metonymic
- what does metonymically meaning in english
- what does metonymically mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- phrase vs metonymic
- characteristic vs metonymic
- metonymical vs metonymic
- metonymically vs metonymic
- postminimalism vs postminimalist
- minimalism vs protominimalist
- minimalisms vs minimalists
- minimalism vs minimalistic
- neominimalism vs neominimalist
- hypnotized vs hypnotizability
- conjugated vs aromaticity
- ring vs aromaticity
- alternate vs aromaticity
- stability vs aromaticity
- antiaromaticity vs antiaromatic
- aromaticity vs heteroarene
- aromaticity vs homoaromacity
- frustratedly vs frustratingly
- elucubration vs elucubrate
- hellenisticjews vs taxonomy