Definizione monolingua

metonymic

metonymic (plural metonymics)

1. A metonym.

metonymic (comparative more metonymic, superlative most metonymic)

1. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.

   The British government is often referred to by the metonymic expression ""Downing Street"".

   • 1999, Udo Hahn & Katja Markert, ""On the Formal Distinction between Literal and Figurative Language"", Progress in Artificial Intelligence: 9th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, page 140

     With a metonymic expression encountered in almost every sixth utterance, an uncontroversial need for dealing with this problem is demonstrated.

Definizione dizionario metonymic

	metonimico
	Of, or relating to, a word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object

Altri significati:

A metonym.

Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.