French Meaning of metonymy

Métonymie

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Definitions and Meaning of metonymy in English

Wordnet

metonymy (n)

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

Webster

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.

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Métonymie

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')A trope in which one word is put for another that

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metonymically => métonymiquement, metonymical => métonymique, metonymic => métonymique, metonym => Métonymie, metonic => métonique,