meronym
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
meronym (plural meronyms)
- (semantics) A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
- 1998, George A. Miller, “Nouns in WordNet”, in Christiane Fellbaum (editor), Wordnet: An Electronic Lexical Database,[1] MIT Press, →ISBN, page 38,
- If one starts with some complex whole, like {automobile} or {human_body}, it can be broken down into several levels of meronyms, but many of those meronyms will also be meronyms of other wholes. That is to say, some components serve as parts of many different things: think of all the different mechanisms that have gears.
- 1998, George A. Miller, “Nouns in WordNet”, in Christiane Fellbaum (editor), Wordnet: An Electronic Lexical Database,[1] MIT Press, →ISBN, page 38,
HolonymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- hypernym
- hyponym
- metonym (but be aware that some metonyms derive from meronyms; for example, wheels/automobile, jet/jet airplane, head/cow)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
word denoting part of whole
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See alsoEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
meronym c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of meronym | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | meronym | meronymen | meronymer | meronymerna |
Genitive | meronyms | meronymens | meronymers | meronymernas |