"euonym" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjuːənɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-euonym.wav [Southern-England] Forms: euonyms [plural]
Etymology: From eu- (“good, well; true, genuine”) + -onym (“name, word”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|eu|onym|t1=good, well; true, genuine|t2=name, word}} eu- (“good, well; true, genuine”) + -onym (“name, word”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} euonym (plural euonyms)
  1. (rare) A name well suited to the person, place or object which bears it. Tags: rare Synonyms (name well suited to a person, place or thing): aptonym, aptronym, charactonym Derived forms: euonymous

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for euonym meaning in English (2.3kB)

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    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "word": "aptonym"
        },
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          "sense": "name well suited to a person, place or thing",
          "word": "aptronym"
        },
        {
          "sense": "name well suited to a person, place or thing",
          "word": "charactonym"
        }
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      ]
    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    }
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      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English terms suffixed with -onym",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        "A name well suited to the person, place or object which bears it."
      ],
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        [
          "place",
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      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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    }
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    {
      "sense": "name well suited to a person, place or thing",
      "word": "aptonym"
    },
    {
      "sense": "name well suited to a person, place or thing",
      "word": "aptronym"
    },
    {
      "sense": "name well suited to a person, place or thing",
      "word": "charactonym"
    }
  ],
  "word": "euonym"
}

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