"synonymy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sɪˈnɒnəmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synonymy.wav Forms: synonymies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|synonymia}} Latin synonymia, {{uder|en|grc|συνωνυμία}} Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)
  1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms (identical meaning): homosemy (2000× less common than synonymy) Translations (quality of being synonymous): еднозначност (ednoznačnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), synonymie [feminine] (Czech), synonymita [feminine] (Czech), synonymia (Finnish), სინონიმია (sinonimia) (Georgian), Synonymie [feminine] (German), szinonímia (Hungarian), rokonértelműség (Hungarian), comhchiallachas [masculine] (Irish), sinonimia [feminine] (Italian), sinonīmija [feminine] (Latvian), bliskoznaczność [feminine] (Polish), synonimia [feminine] (Polish), synonimiczność [feminine] (Polish), sinonímia [feminine] (Portuguese), sinonimie [feminine] (Romanian), синони́мия (sinonímija) [feminine] (Russian), sinonimia [feminine] (Spanish), synonymi [common-gender] (Swedish), leigasinif (Volapük), otsinif (Volapük), sinonimeye [feminine] (Walloon)
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  2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (list or collection of synonyms): synonyymiluettelo (Finnish)
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  3. The study of synonyms. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: synonymics Translations (study of synonyms): synonymiikka (Finnish), leigasinifav (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-synonymy-en-noun-iNLqJaw5 Disambiguation of 'study of synonyms': 2 13 54 13 7 3 8
  4. A system of synonyms. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (system of synonyms): synonyymijärjestelmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-synonymy-en-noun-J1xHDYci Disambiguation of 'system of synonyms': 2 13 13 54 7 3 8
  5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-synonymy-en-noun-OIZrjW8r Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 20 9 9 16 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 18 8 8 15 13 17 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-synonymy-en-noun-mGu8FCBi Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 20 9 9 16 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 18 8 8 15 13 17 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-synonymy-en-noun--Uhp4vDD Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 20 9 9 16 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 18 8 8 15 13 17 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: synonymity (10× less common than synonymy), synonymousness (600× less common than synonymy) Related terms: synonym, synonymia

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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}

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