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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛpənɪm/ Audio: en-us-eponym.ogg [US], en-au-eponym.ogg [Australia] Forms: eponyms [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from eponymous. See also -onym. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|eponymous}} Back-formation from eponymous, {{affix|en|-onym}} -onym Head templates: {{en-noun}} eponym (plural eponyms)
  1. A real or fictitious person or thing whose name has given rise to the name of a particular item. Translations (person's name that has given rise to the name of something): эпані́м (epaním) [masculine] (Belarusian), ব্যক্তির নামে নামাঙ্কিত (bêktir name namaṅkito) (Bengali), епоним (eponim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), epònim [masculine] (Catalan), 名祖 (míngzǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), eponymum [neuter] (Czech), eponiem [neuter] (Dutch), naamgever [masculine] (Dutch), eponyymi (Finnish), éponyme [masculine] (French), Namensgeber [masculine] (German), Eponym [neuter] (German), névadó (Hungarian), eapainm [masculine] (Irish), eponimo [masculine] (Italian), 名祖 (naoya) (alt: なおや) (Japanese), エポニム (eponimu) (Japanese), 명조 (myeongjo) (Korean), eponim (Malay), eponim [masculine] (Polish), epónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), epônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), эпо́ним (epónim) [masculine] (Russian), эпони́м (eponím) [masculine] (Russian), epónimo [masculine] (Spanish), eponym [common-gender] (Swedish), నామకారకుడు (nāmakārakuḍu) (Telugu), eponim [psychology, human-sciences, sciences] (Turkish), ad veren (Turkish), епо́нім (epónim) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eponym-en-noun-GySXIPu7 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -nym, English terms suffixed with -onym Disambiguation of English back-formations: 46 28 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 25 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 24 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 22 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nym: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onym: 55 20 25 Disambiguation of "person's name that has given rise to the name of something": 65 17 18
  2. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name. Synonyms: namesake Translations (word formed from a person’s name): эпані́м (epaním) [masculine] (Belarusian), епоним (eponim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), eponiem [neuter] (Dutch), éponyme [masculine] (French), Eponym [neuter] (German), eponima (Hungarian), eponimo [masculine] (Italian), eponim [masculine] (Polish), epónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), epônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), эпо́ним (epónim) [masculine] (Russian), эпони́м (eponím) [masculine] (Russian), epónimo [masculine] (Spanish), eponym [common-gender] (Swedish), епо́нім (epónim) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eponym-en-noun-X-8VjYtE Disambiguation of 'word formed from a person’s name': 24 48 28
  3. (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from the name of a real or fictive place or thing. Tags: broadly, nonstandard Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms: toponym
    Sense id: en-eponym-en-noun-V4shQJGg Disambiguation of Onomastics: 29 16 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: proprietary eponym Related terms: eponymous

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} eponym c, {{sv-noun|c}} eponym c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eponym [indefinite, nominative, singular], eponymen [definite, nominative, singular], eponymer [indefinite, nominative, plural], eponymerna [definite, nominative, plural], eponyms [genitive, indefinite, singular], eponymens [definite, genitive, singular], eponymers [genitive, indefinite, plural], eponymernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. eponym Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Onomastics

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          "text": "Rome is an eponym of Romulus.",
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          "ref": "2004, Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words",
          "text": "[Mesmer] lives on today as the root of the eponym mesmerize.",
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          "ref": "2015, Robert B. Taylor, What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know",
          "text": "For their dubious contribution to literature, Doctor Bowdler and Henrietta were recognized with the eponym bowdlerize[.]",
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          "ref": "2023 June 19, Rachel E. Gross, “Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "eponim",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "епоним"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epònim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngzǔ",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "名祖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eponiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naamgever"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "eponyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éponyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Namensgeber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "névadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eapainm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eponimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なおや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "naoya",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "名祖"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eponimu",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "エポニム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeongjo",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "명조"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "eponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epônimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "epónim",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эпо́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eponím",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эпони́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nāmakārakuḍu",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "నామకారకుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "topics": [
        "psychology",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "eponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "word": "ad veren"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "epónim",
      "sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "епо́нім"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "epaním",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эпані́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "eponim",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eponiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éponyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eponym"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "word": "eponima"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eponimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epônimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "epónim",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эпо́ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eponím",
      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "epónim",
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    "Alois Alzheimer",
    "Charles Boycott",
    "Christopher Columbus",
    "Earl of Sandwich",
    "Victoria"
  ],
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}

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