metonymy (Q1157)
From eneoli wikibase
process of extending the meaning of a word in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original [e.g., “crown” to mean “king” or “queen”]
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | metonymy |
process of extending the meaning of a word in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original [e.g., “crown” to mean “king” or “queen”] |
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métonymie (French)
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metonímia (Portuguese)
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processo semântico que consiste na transferência da denominação de uma entidade A para uma entidade B com base numa relação de contiguidade entre as duas entidades (Correia & Lemos, 2005)
მეტონიმია (Georgian)
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metonímia (Catalan)
μετωνυμία (Greek)
