metonymy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
metonymy
n.
figure of speech that uses one object in place of another related concept (e.g., using "the throne" to refer to the monarchy)
Metonymy
Metonymy ( ) is a
figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in
meaning with that thing or concept. The words
metonymy and
metonym come from the , , "a change of name", from , , "after, beyond" and , , a suffix used to name figures of speech, from , or , , "name".
metonymy
Noun
1. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
(hypernym) trope, figure of speech, figure, image
(hyponym) metalepsis
(class) voice
metonymy
n.
metonymie
Metonymy
(n.)
A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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