Definitions for metonymy

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metonymy me·ton·y·my

Spelling: [mi-ton-uh-mee]

IPA: /mɪˈtɒn ə mi/

Metonymy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in metonymy (emmnotyy).

Definitions for metonymy

noun

1. a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.

Origin of metonymy

1540-50; Late Latin metōnymia Greek metōnymía change of name; see met-, -onym, -y³

Examples for metonymy

The metonymy is founded on the relation of one thing to another.

Whether it be synecdoche, metaphor, or metonymy, there is still a figure.

The general effect of metonymy is to bring before the mind a definite image, and thus to impart a graphic quality to the style.

In both cases the term so approximates to the meaning of Earth, doubtless by metonymy, as to be indistinguishable from it.

Often by a metonymy of speech the name of a part is given to the whole.

metonymy and Synecdoche are nearly related and in this poem the examples are numerous.

metonymy consists in naming an object by one of its attributes or accompaniments.

By metonymy from this supreme and metropolitan quarter of Greece, it means the whole country.

The principal varieties of the trope are the metonymy and the metaphor.

Figurative or tropical language chiefly consists in the transfer of words to new senses, as by metaphor or metonymy.