"eponymous" meaning in All languages combined

See eponymous on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈpɒnɪməs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈpɑnəməs/ [General-American], /ɛ-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav Forms: more eponymous [comparative], most eponymous [superlative]
Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi From Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|h₁epi}} PIE word *h₁epi, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃neh₃-}}, {{der|en|grc|ἐπώνῠμος|t=concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed}} Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-adj}} eponymous (comparative more eponymous, superlative most eponymous)
  1. Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym. Categories (topical): Names Translations (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named): epònim (Catalan), navngivende (Danish), eponiem (Dutch), gelijknamig (Dutch), naamgevend (Dutch), eponyyminen (Finnish), samanniminen (Finnish), éponyme (French), eponymisch (German), gleichnamig (German), namensgebend (German), επωνυμικός (eponymikós) (Greek), επιλέγω (epilégo) (Greek), επιλεγόμενος (epilegómenos) (Greek), אֶפּוֹנִימִי (eponími) [masculine] (Hebrew), azonos nevű/című (Hungarian), névadó (Hungarian), eapainmneach (Irish), eponimo (Italian), eponimiczny (Polish), tytułowy (Polish), epónimo (Portuguese), eponim (Romanian), одноимённый (odnoimjónnyj) (Russian), epónimo (Spanish), однойме́нний (odnojménnyj) (Ukrainian), eponymaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-eponymous-en-adj-EericoSk Disambiguation of Names: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named': 75 25
  2. Of a thing: named after a person or entity. Categories (topical): Names Translations (of a thing: named after a person or entity): mukaan nimetty [postpositional, with-genitive] (Finnish), אֶפּוֹנִים (eponím) [masculine] (Hebrew), självbetitlad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-eponymous-en-adj-IyhdKlF3 Disambiguation of Names: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'of a thing: named after a person or entity': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eponymously Related terms: eponym, eponymic, eponymically, eponymism, eponymist, eponymize, eponymy, namesake, self-titled, titular
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymously"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "h₁epi"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *h₁epi",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃neh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπώνῠμος",
        "t": "concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁epi\nFrom Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more eponymous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most eponymous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eponymous (comparative more eponymous, superlative most eponymous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧o‧nym‧ous"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponym"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymically"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eponymy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "namesake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "self-titled"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "titular"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ous",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Names",
          "orig": "en:Names",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Nicholas Drayson, chapter 5, in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, London: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, pages 24–25:",
          "text": "Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym."
      ],
      "id": "en-eponymous-en-adj-EericoSk",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "entity",
          "entity"
        ],
        [
          "named",
          "name#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "serving",
          "serve#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "eponym",
          "eponym"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "epònim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "navngivende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponiem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "gelijknamig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "naamgevend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponyyminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "samanniminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "éponyme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponymisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "gleichnamig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "namensgebend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eponymikós",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "επωνυμικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epilégo",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "επιλέγω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epilegómenos",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "επιλεγόμενος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "eponími",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אֶפּוֹנִימִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "azonos nevű/című"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "névadó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eapainmneach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponimiczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "tytułowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "epónimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odnoimjónnyj",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "одноимённый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "epónimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "odnojménnyj",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "однойме́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
          "word": "eponymaidd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Names",
          "orig": "en:Names",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a thing: named after a person or entity."
      ],
      "id": "en-eponymous-en-adj-IyhdKlF3",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
          "tags": [
            "postpositional",
            "with-genitive"
          ],
          "word": "mukaan nimetty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "eponím",
          "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אֶפּוֹנִים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
          "word": "självbetitlad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈpɒnɪməs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈpɑnəməs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eponymous"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃neh₃-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁epi",
    "English terms suffixed with -ous",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Names"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eponymously"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "h₁epi"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *h₁epi",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃neh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπώνῠμος",
        "t": "concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁epi\nFrom Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnumos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more eponymous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most eponymous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eponymous (comparative more eponymous, superlative most eponymous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ep‧o‧nym‧ous"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "eponym"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymic"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymically"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymism"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymist"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymize"
    },
    {
      "word": "eponymy"
    },
    {
      "word": "namesake"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-titled"
    },
    {
      "word": "titular"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Nicholas Drayson, chapter 5, in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, London: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, pages 24–25:",
          "text": "Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "entity",
          "entity"
        ],
        [
          "named",
          "name#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "serving",
          "serve#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "eponym",
          "eponym"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a thing: named after a person or entity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈpɒnɪməs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-AcpoKrane-eponymous.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈpɑnəməs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "epònim"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "navngivende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "gelijknamig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "naamgevend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponyyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "samanniminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "éponyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponymisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "gleichnamig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "namensgebend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eponymikós",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "επωνυμικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epilégo",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "επιλέγω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epilegómenos",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "επιλεγόμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "eponími",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אֶפּוֹנִימִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "azonos nevű/című"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "névadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eapainmneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponimiczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "tytułowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "epónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnoimjónnyj",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "одноимённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "epónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnojménnyj",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "однойме́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named",
      "word": "eponymaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
      "tags": [
        "postpositional",
        "with-genitive"
      ],
      "word": "mukaan nimetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "eponím",
      "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אֶפּוֹנִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a thing: named after a person or entity",
      "word": "självbetitlad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eponymous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for eponymous meaning in All languages combined (9.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.