See eponym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "myeongjo",
"sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
"word": "명조"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eponymus"
},
{
"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": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "epónimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "epônimo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"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": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "person's name that has given rise to the name of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eponym"
},
{
"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"
],
"word": "епоним"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eponymum"
},
{
"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"
],
"word": "эпони́м"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eponymum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epónimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eponym"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "epónim",
"sense": "word formed from a person’s name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "епо́нім"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Albert Einstein",
"Alois Alzheimer",
"Charles Boycott",
"Christopher Columbus",
"Earl of Sandwich",
"Enrico Fermi",
"Euclid",
"Isaac Newton",
"Nicolaus Copernicus",
"Victoria",
"eponym"
],
"word": "eponym"
}
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