"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 [Southern-England] 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 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)

Inflected forms

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      ],
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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "holoniem"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
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        },
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          "roman": "zhěngtǐcí",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "holonyymi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "word": "kokonaiskäsite"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/",
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    {
      "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",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "term that denotes a whole",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "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"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "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"
    }
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