Home
Random
Log in
Settings
Donations
About Wiktionary
Disclaimers
Search
metanym
Language
Watch
Edit
Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.4
See also
English
edit
Etymology
edit
From
meta-
+
-nym
.
Pronunciation
edit
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈmɛtənɪm/
Homophone
:
metonym
Noun
edit
metanym
(
plural
metanyms
)
(
taxonomy
)
A
name
that is
rejected
because a valid name (based on another member) already exists for the same group.
See also
edit
metonym
Categories
:
English terms prefixed with meta-
English terms suffixed with -nym
English 3-syllable words
English terms with IPA pronunciation
English terms with homophones
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
en:Taxonomy