meronym
/ˈmɛɹənɪm/
meronym noun: a term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
Noun
meronym (plural meronyms)
- A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
- The word "leaf" is a meronym of the word "tree".
- If one starts with some complex whole, like {automobile} or {human_body}, it can be broken down into several levels of meronyms, but many of those meronyms will also be meronyms of other wholes. That is to say, some components serve as parts of many different things: think of all the different...1998, George A. Miller, “Nouns in WordNet”, in Christiane Fellbaum, editor, Wordnet: An Electronic Lexical Database, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 38
meronym meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese
meronym in Indonesian
- word denoting part of whole
- meronimi
meronym in Vietnamese
- word denoting part of whole
- từ phân, phân danh
Synonyms of meronym
Antonyms
Forms of meronym
| plural | meronyms |
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Origin of meronym
From mero- + -onym, from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).
Words formed from meronym
Questions about meronym
- What does meronym mean?
- Meronym means a term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.
- What is meronym in Indonesian?
- Meronym in Indonesian is meronimi. See Meronym meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is meronym?
- Meronym is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meronym?
- Meronym is pronounced /ˈmɛɹənɪm/.
- What is the plural of meronym?
- The plural of meronym is meronyms.
Words near meronym in the dictionary
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