"holonym" meaning in English

See holonym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhəʊl.əˌnɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/ [General-American], /ˈhoʊl.əˌnɪm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-holonym.wav Forms: holonyms [plural]
Etymology: From holo- + -nym. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|holo|nym}} holo- + -nym Head templates: {{en-noun}} holonym (plural holonyms)
  1. (semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term. Wikipedia link: en:holonym Categories (topical): Semantics Holonyms: semantic network, thesaurus Derived forms: holonymy, holonymous Related terms: hypernym, synecdoche, Wiktionary:Semantic relations Translations (term that denotes a whole): holoniem (Afrikaans), 整體詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 整体词 (zhěngtǐcí) (Chinese Mandarin), holoniem [neuter] (Dutch), holonyymi (Finnish), kokonaiskäsite (Finnish), holonyme [masculine] (French), Holonym [neuter] (German), Gesamtbegriff [masculine] (German), Verbandsbegriff [masculine] (German), holonim [masculine] (Polish), holónimo [masculine] (Spanish), holonym [common-gender] (Swedish), từ tổng (Vietnamese), tổng danh (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “term that denotes a whole”",
      "word": "meronym"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holo",
        "3": "nym"
      },
      "expansion": "holo- + -nym",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From holo- + -nym.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holonyms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holonym (plural holonyms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with holo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -nym",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -onym",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Semantics",
          "orig": "en:Semantics",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "holonymy"
        },
        {
          "word": "holonymous"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The word \"face\" is a holonym of the word \"eye\", which is a holonym of the word \"retina\".",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term."
      ],
      "holonyms": [
        {
          "word": "semantic network"
        },
        {
          "word": "thesaurus"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-holonym-en-noun-l~uX~xmz",
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hypernym"
        },
        {
          "word": "synecdoche"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wiktionary:Semantic relations"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "holoniem"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "整體詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhěngtǐcí",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "整体词"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "holoniem"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "holonyymi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "kokonaiskäsite"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "holonyme"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Holonym"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gesamtbegriff"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verbandsbegriff"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "holonim"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "holónimo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "holonym"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "từ tổng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "tổng danh"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:holonym"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-holonym.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "holonym"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “term that denotes a whole”",
      "word": "meronym"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "holonymy"
    },
    {
      "word": "holonymous"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holo",
        "3": "nym"
      },
      "expansion": "holo- + -nym",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From holo- + -nym.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holonyms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "holonym (plural holonyms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "holonyms": [
    {
      "word": "semantic network"
    },
    {
      "word": "thesaurus"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hypernym"
    },
    {
      "word": "synecdoche"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wiktionary:Semantic relations"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with holo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -nym",
        "English terms suffixed with -onym",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Semantics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The word \"face\" is a holonym of the word \"eye\", which is a holonym of the word \"retina\".",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semantics",
          "semantics"
        ],
        [
          "term",
          "term"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(semantics) A term that denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "semantics"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:holonym"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊl.əˌnɪm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "holoniem"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "整體詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhěngtǐcí",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "整体词"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "holoniem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "holonyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "kokonaiskäsite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "holonyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Holonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gesamtbegriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verbandsbegriff"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "holonim"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "holónimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "holonym"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "từ tổng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "word": "tổng danh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holonym"
}

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