metonímia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- metonymy noun A figure of speech in which something is called by the name of a thing closely associated with it, as when "the Crown" stands for the monarchy or "Hollywood" for the film industry.
Senses
metonímia is used for these senses in English:
- metonym (grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
- metonymy (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.
metonymy — full definition
- noun A figure of speech in which something is called by the name of a thing closely associated with it, as when "the Crown" stands for the monarchy or "Hollywood" for the film industry.
- noun A single expression used in this way.
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