synonymia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin synōnymiā, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía).
Noun
editExamples |
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He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This is an ex-parrot! |
synonymia (plural synonymiae)
- (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
- 2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
- At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, […] .
- 2007, Sylvia Adamson, "Synonymia, or in other words", in Anderson, et al., Renaissance figures of speech, page 29
Synonyms
editHyponyms
editFurther reading
editFinnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English synonymy), ultimately from Latin synonymia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsynonymia
- synonymy (quality of being synonymous)
Declension
editInflection of synonymia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | synonymia | synonymiat | ||
genitive | synonymian | synonymioiden synonymioitten | ||
partitive | synonymiaa | synonymioita | ||
illative | synonymiaan | synonymioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | synonymia | synonymiat | ||
accusative | nom. | synonymia | synonymiat | |
gen. | synonymian | |||
genitive | synonymian | synonymioiden synonymioitten synonymiain rare | ||
partitive | synonymiaa | synonymioita | ||
inessive | synonymiassa | synonymioissa | ||
elative | synonymiasta | synonymioista | ||
illative | synonymiaan | synonymioihin | ||
adessive | synonymialla | synonymioilla | ||
ablative | synonymialta | synonymioilta | ||
allative | synonymialle | synonymioille | ||
essive | synonymiana | synonymioina | ||
translative | synonymiaksi | synonymioiksi | ||
abessive | synonymiatta | synonymioitta | ||
instructive | — | synonymioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “synonymia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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