synecdoches
Meaning of synecdoches
plural noun
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in England lost by six wickets (meaning ‘ the English cricket team’).
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from sun- ‘together’ + ekdekhesthai ‘take up’.
Information about synecdoches
- It is a name.
- The singular form of synecdoches is: synecdoche.
- Languages in which synecdoches is used:
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Hyphenation of synecdoches
synec-doches
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- synecdoches is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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