Feminine
sinécdoque
Meaning
synecdoche, synecdochy
Concepts
Translations
Hyphenated as
si‧néc‧do‧que
Pronounced as (IPA)
/siˈneɡdoke/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “jointly receiving”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).
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