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| has gloss | (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 |
| lexicalization | eng: metonymical |
| lexicalization | eng: metonymic |
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| Asturian | |
| lexicalization | ast: metonímicu |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: metonímic |
| Czech | |
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| lexicalization | ces: metonymický |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: im übertragenen Sinne |
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| lexicalization | deu: metonymisch |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: métonymique |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: metonimico |
| lexicalization | ita: metonimici |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: metonímico |
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| similar | (adjective) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language" figurative, nonliteral |
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