sinécdoque

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin synecdoche, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “jointly receiving”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈneɡdoke/ [siˈneɣ̞.ð̞o.ke]
• Rhymes: -eɡdoke
• Syllabification: si‧néc‧do‧que

Noun

sinécdoque f (plural sinécdoques)

1. (rhetoric) synecdoche, synecdochy

Further reading

• “sinécdoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28