Metonymy Definition
mə-tŏnə-mē
metonymies
noun
A figure of speech in which the name of one thing is used in place of that of another associated with or suggested by it (Ex.: “the White House” for “the President”)
Webster's New World
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
Wiktionary
(countable) A metonym.
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Other Word Forms of Metonymy
Noun
Singular:
metonymy
Plural:
metonymiesOrigin of Metonymy
From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετονομασία (metōnumia, “change of name"), from μετά (meta, “other") + ὄνομα (onoma, “name").
From Wiktionary
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Late Latin metōnymia from Greek metōnumiā meta- meta- onuma name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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