metonímia

See also: metonimia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.toˈnĩ.mi.ɐ/ [me.toˈnĩ.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈnĩ.mjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.toˈnĩ.mi.ɐ/ [me.toˈnĩ.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈnĩ.mjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.toˈni.mi.a/ [me.toˈni.mɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /me.toˈni.mja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tuˈni.mjɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧to‧ní‧mi‧a

Noun

metonímia f (plural metonímias)

1. metonymy (the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify the entire object)