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/
- (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)

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

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