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partonyms

partonyms is the plural of partonym.

Meaning of partonym

Noun

partonym (plural partonyms)

  1. Synonym of meronym.
    • Furthermore, we infer that the kicking was done with one of Mary's feet, since we know that Mary is a human and humans have feet, or, to put it differently, the script MARY inherits the partonyms of its hyperonym HUMAN.2001, Salvatore Attardo, “Semantic Analysis and Humor Analysis”, in Humorous Texts, Walter de Gruyter, published 2010, →ISBN, page 55
    Synonyms:
    meronym

Questions about partonyms

What is partonyms the plural of?
Partonyms is the plural of partonym.

Words near partonyms in the dictionary

  1. partons
  2. partonym
  3. partonymic
  4. partonymically
  5. partonymous
  6. partonyms
  7. partonymy
  8. partook
  9. partookest
  10. partricin
  11. partridge

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