'Field,' by metonymy, is occasionally used as synonymous with 'battle'.
Source: tatoeba (10650035)
Metonymy
//mɪˈtɑnəmi//
Synonyms for "metonymy" (49 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- metonimie noun (figure of speech)
Armenian
2 entries- մետոնիմիա noun (figure of speech)
- փոխանունություն noun (figure of speech)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- metonimiya noun (figure of speech)
Catalan
1 entries- metonímia noun (figure of speech)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 借代 noun (figure of speech)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 換喻 /换喻 noun (figure of speech)
- 轉喻 /转喻 noun (figure of speech)
Czech
1 entries- metonymie noun (figure of speech)
Danish
1 entries- metonymi noun (figure of speech)
Dutch
1 entries- metonymia noun (figure of speech)
Finnish
1 entries- metonymia noun (figure of speech)
French
1 entries- métonymie noun (figure of speech)
Galician
1 entries- metonimia noun (figure of speech)
Georgian
1 entries- მეტონიმია noun (figure of speech)
German
2 entries- Metonymie noun (figure of speech)
- Namenvertauschung noun (figure of speech)
Greek
1 entries- μετωνυμία noun (figure of speech)
Hungarian
2 entries- metonímia noun (figure of speech)
- érintkezésen alapuló névátvitel noun (figure of speech)
Icelandic
2 entries- merkingarskipti noun (figure of speech)
- nafnhvörf noun (figure of speech)
Irish
1 entries- meatonaime noun (figure of speech)
Italian
1 entries- metonimia noun (figure of speech)
Japanese
2 entries- 換喩 noun (figure of speech)
- 換喩法 noun (figure of speech)
Korean
1 entries- 환유 noun (figure of speech)
Latin
1 entries- metonymia noun (figure of speech)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- metonymi noun (figure of speech)
- talemåte noun (figure of speech)
Polish
1 entries- metonimia noun (figure of speech)
Portuguese
1 entries- metonímia noun (figure of speech)
Romanian
1 entries- metonimie noun (figure of speech)
Russian
1 entries- метони́мия noun (figure of speech)
Sicilian
2 entries- mitunimia noun (figure of speech)
- mitunimìa noun (figure of speech)
Slovene
1 entries- metonimija noun (figure of speech)
Spanish
1 entries- metonimia noun (figure of speech)
Swedish
1 entries- metonymi noun (figure of speech)
Tagalog
1 entries- halituring noun (figure of speech)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆகுபெயர் noun (figure of speech)
Turkish
4 entries- ad aktarması noun (figure of speech)
- düz değişmece noun (figure of speech)
- mecazımürsel noun (figure of speech)
- metonimi noun (figure of speech)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoán dụ noun (figure of speech)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Metonymy does new names impose, And things for things by near relation shews.
Source: wiktionary
...the principle of metonymy is simply to substitute for the plain name of a thing a name or phrase based on something connected with it.
Source: wiktionary
THE KEY CONCEPT IS “metonymy.” This is the act of a word or phrase associated with a concept coming to represent the entirety of said concept. Generally, this means an extension of the original meaning. For example, “city hall” no longer means just the structure, but also the lawmakers who inhabit that structure. In the same way, “dish” started as the physical plate a meal is served on, before people started using it to represent the meal itself.
Source: wiktionary
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