metonymy

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈtɑnəmi/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈtɒnəmi/ Rhymes: -ɒnəmi === Noun === metonymy (countable and uncountable, plural metonymies) (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. Hypernyms: trope, figure of speech Coordinate terms: synecdoche, metaphor, figurativeness (countable) A metonym. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === metonymy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia trope (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “metonymy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.