holonym

English

Etymology

Fromholo-+‎-nym.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/,/ˈhəʊl.əˌnɪm/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈhɑl.əˌnɪm/,/ˈhoʊl.əˌnɪm/

Noun

holonym(pluralholonyms)

1. (semantics)Atermthat denotes a whole, a part of which is denoted by a second term.

   The word "face" is aholonymof the word "eye", which is aholonymof the word "retina".

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“term that denotes a whole”):meronym

Holonyms

• semantic network
• thesaurus

Derived terms

• holonymy
• holonymous

Translations

term that denotes a whole

• Afrikaans:holoniem(af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chỉnh thể từ／Chỉnh thể từ(zhěngtǐcí)

• Dutch:holoniem(nl)n
• Finnish:holonyymi(fi),kokonaiskäsite(fi)
• French:holonyme(fr)m
• German:Holonym(de)n,Gesamtbegriffm,Verbandsbegriff(de)m
• Polish:holonim(pl)m
• Spanish:holónimo(es)m
• Swedish:holonym(sv)c
• Vietnamese:từ tổng,tổng danh

See also

• hypernym
• synecdoche

• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Swedish

Noun

holonymc

1. (semantics)holonym

Declension

Declension ofholonym

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	holonym	holonyms
	definite	holonymen	holonymens
plural	indefinite	holonymer	holonymers
	definite	holonymerna	holonymernas