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metonymy

/məˈtɑːnəmi/

នាមាធិរូប

  1. noun នាមាធិរូប, ការប្រើពាក្យតំណាង
    the substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant
    វោហារស័ព្ទដែលប្រើឈ្មោះវត្ថុជាប់ទាក់ទងមកតំណាងឲ្យវត្ថុដើម
    Using 'the crown' to mean the king is an example of metonymy.
    ការប្រើពាក្យ «ម្កុដ» សំដៅលើស្តេច គឺជាឧទាហរណ៍នៃនាមាធិរូប។

Synonyms: figure of speech, trope, synecdoche

Forms: metonymies

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libidinal limonite lithotripsy madrasah maltodextrin maquette matcher meanly mechanistically menhaden mercuric mesenchyme microelectrode mucinous multivalent muriatic mutualistic myelination myoclonic naysayer negligibly neurite nonprofessional oblanceolate

Source: ToolOrca English–Khmer dictionary.