metonímia
See also: metonimia
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧to‧ní‧mi‧a
Noun edit
metonímia f (plural metonímias)
- metonymy (the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify the entire object)