"synecdoche" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /sinɛkˈdoːxə/ Audio: Nl-synecdoche.ogg Forms: synecdoches [plural], synecdochetje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|la|synecdoche}} Latin synecdoche, {{der|nl|grc|συνεκδοχή||receiving together}} Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-s|+}} synecdoche f (plural synecdoches, diminutive synecdochetje n)
  1. (literature) synecdoche Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Literature, Rhetoric Related terms: metonymia
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Noun [English]

IPA: /sɪˈnɛk.də.ki/, /sɪˈnɛk.doʊ.ki/ Audio: en-us-synecdoche.ogg Forms: synecdoches [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|synecdochē}} Latin synecdochē, {{der|en|grc|συνεκδοχή||receiving together}} Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synecdoche (countable and uncountable, plural synecdoches)
  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Figures of speech Translations (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole): sinekdogee (Afrikaans), sinekdohë [feminine] (Albanian), սինեկդոխա (sinekdoxa) (Armenian), համըմբռնում (haməmbṙnum) (Armenian), sinekdoxa (Azerbaijani), сіне́кдаха (sinjékdaxa) [feminine] (Belarusian), сине́кдоха (sinékdoha) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sinècdoque [feminine] (Catalan), 提喻 (tíyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 提喻法 (tíyùfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), synekdocha [feminine] (Czech), synecdoche [feminine] (Dutch), sinekdoĥo (Esperanto), synekdokee (Finnish), synecdoque [feminine] (French), სინეკდოქე (sineḳdoke) (Georgian), Synekdoche [feminine] (German), συνεκδοχή (synekdochí) [feminine] (Greek), סִינֶקְדּוֹכָה (sinekdokha) [feminine] (Hebrew), सिनेकडकी (sinekḍakī) [feminine] (Hindi), szinekdoché (Hungarian), sineddoche [feminine] (Italian), 提喩 (teiyu) (alt: ていゆ) (Japanese), 提喩法 (teiyuhō) (alt: ていゆほう) (Japanese), синекдоха (sinekdoxa) (Kazakh), 제유 (jeyu) (alt: 提喩) (Korean), 제유법 (jeyubeop) (alt: 提喩法) (Korean), синекдоха (sinekdoha) (Kyrgyz), sinekdocha [feminine] (Lithuanian), синегдоха (sinegdoha) [feminine] (Macedonian), sinecdòca [feminine] (Occitan), sinecdòque (Occitan), synekdocha [feminine] (Polish), sinédoque [feminine] (Portuguese), sinecdocă [feminine] (Romanian), сине́кдоха (sinékdoxa) [feminine] (Russian), синегдоха [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sinegdoha [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sinèdduchi [feminine] (Sicilian), synekdocha [feminine] (Slovak), sinécdoque [feminine] (Spanish), synekdoke [common-gender] (Swedish), halisakop (Tagalog), สัมพจนัย (sǎm-pót-jà-nai) (Thai), sinekdoş (Turkish), сине́кдоха (synékdoxa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sinekdoxa (Uzbek)
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  2. (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms: synecdochy
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: syndoche, synechdoche Derived forms: synecdochic, synecdochical, synecdochically, synecdochize, synecdochy Related terms: docetism, meronymy, metaphor, metonymy

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /syˈnek.do.kʰeː/ [Classical-Latin], [s̠ʏˈnɛɡd̪ɔkʰeː] [Classical-Latin], /siˈnek.do.ke/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [siˈnɛkd̪oke] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|συνεκδοχή||receiving together}} Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) Head templates: {{la-noun|synecdochē<1>}} synecdochē f (genitive synecdochēs); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|synecdochē<1>}} Forms: synecdochē [canonical, feminine], synecdochēs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], synecdochē [nominative, singular], synecdochae [nominative, plural], synecdochēs [genitive, singular], synecdochārum [genitive, plural], synecdochae [dative, singular], synecdochīs [dative, plural], synecdochēn [accusative, singular], synecdochās [accusative, plural], synecdochē [ablative, singular], synecdochīs [ablative, plural], synecdochē [singular, vocative], synecdochae [plural, vocative]
  1. (original sense) the putting of a whole for a part Tags: declension-1
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  2. (Late Latin) (rhetoric) synecdoche (certain type of metaphor) Tags: Late-Latin, declension-1 Categories (topical): Rhetoric
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "synekdocha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "synecdoche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "sinekdoĥo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "synekdokee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "synecdoque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sineḳdoke",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "სინეკდოქე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Synekdoche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "synekdochí",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συνεκδοχή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sinekdokha",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סִינֶקְדּוֹכָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sinekḍakī",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सिनेकडकी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "szinekdoché"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sineddoche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "alt": "ていゆ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teiyu",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "提喩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "alt": "ていゆほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teiyuhō",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "提喩法"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sinekdoxa",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "синекдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "alt": "提喩",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeyu",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "제유"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "alt": "提喩法",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeyubeop",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "제유법"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sinekdoha",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "синекдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinekdocha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sinegdoha",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "синегдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinecdòca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "sinecdòque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "synekdocha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinédoque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinecdocă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sinékdoxa",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сине́кдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "синегдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinegdoha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinèdduchi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "synekdocha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sinécdoque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "synekdoke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "halisakop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎm-pót-jà-nai",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "สัมพจนัย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "sinekdoş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "synékdoxa",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сине́кдоха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole",
          "word": "sinekdoxa"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rhetoric",
          "orig": "en:Rhetoric",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "The use of this figure of speech."
      ],
      "id": "en-synecdoche-en-noun-8ATXOIBD",
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        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
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          "figure of speech",
          "figure of speech"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "synecdochy"
        }
      ],
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        "countable",
        "rhetoric",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪˈnɛk.də.ki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪˈnɛk.doʊ.ki/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-synecdoche.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "syndoche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "synechdoche"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "synecdoche"
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      "expansion": "Latin synecdoche",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συνεκδοχή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "receiving together"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "synecdoches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "synecdoche f (plural synecdoches, diminutive synecdochetje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "nl:Literature",
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            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Rhetoric",
          "orig": "nl:Rhetoric",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 18 15 2 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 18 17 2 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synecdoche"
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      "id": "en-synecdoche-nl-noun-cdNDd~CV",
      "links": [
        [
          "literature",
          "literature"
        ],
        [
          "synecdoche",
          "synecdoche#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literature) synecdoche"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "metonymia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/sinɛkˈdoːxə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-synecdoche.ogg",
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}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "synecdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: synecdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: synecdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "synecdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: synecdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: synecdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "sinekdoĥo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: sinekdoĥo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: sinekdoĥo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "synekdokee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: synekdokee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: synekdokee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "synecdoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: synecdoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: synecdoque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Synekdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Synekdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Synekdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sineddoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sineddoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sineddoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sinédoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sinédoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sinédoque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "sinecdocă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: sinecdocă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: sinecdocă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sinécdoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sinécdoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: sinécdoque"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συνεκδοχή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "receiving together"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) 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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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "synecdochē<1>"
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  "lang_code": "la",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "synecdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: synecdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: synecdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "synecdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: synecdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: synecdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "sinekdoĥo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: sinekdoĥo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: sinekdoĥo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "synekdokee",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: synekdokee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: synekdokee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "synecdoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: synecdoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: synecdoque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Synekdoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Synekdoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Synekdoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "sineddoche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: sineddoche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: sineddoche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "sinédoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: sinédoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: sinédoque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "sinecdocă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: sinecdocă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: sinecdocă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "sinécdoque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: sinécdoque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: sinécdoque"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "συνεκδοχή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "receiving together"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "synecdochae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "synecdochē<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "synecdochē f (genitive synecdochēs); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "synecdochē<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the putting of a whole for a part"
      ],
      "qualifier": "original sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(original sense) the putting of a whole for a part"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "la:Rhetoric"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) synecdoche (certain type of metaphor)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) (rhetoric) synecdoche (certain type of metaphor)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/syˈnek.do.kʰeː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[s̠ʏˈnɛɡd̪ɔkʰeː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈnek.do.ke/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[siˈnɛkd̪oke]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "synecdoche"
}

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