fra: métonymique

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has URIhttp://lexvo.org/id/term/fra/m%C3%A9tonymique
Meaning
means(adjective) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
metonymic, metonymical

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