07107676-n 'substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')';
 
Czech metonymie
Chinese (simplified) 换 喻 , 换 喻 法 , 转喻 , 换喻法 , 换喻
English metonymy ( )
Indonesian metonimia
Italian metonimia
Japanese 換喩
Malaysian metonimia
Definitions
Japanese
もの自体の名を直接に指す代わりにその属性や特徴を示す名をあげる表現方法(『彼らは頭数を数えた』など)
English
substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
Relations
Hyponym: metalepsis
Hypernym: trope
In Domain–Category: voice
Semantic Field: communicationn
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