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synonymum

synonymum noun: synonym.

Noun

synonymum (plural synonymums)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) Synonym.
    • This was introduced as a synonymum for Zeiller’s L. dichotomum (1880, 1886/8), which according to the later Arber’s discussions (see also Crookall 1929) is not identical with the L. dichotomum Stbg.1950, Bulletin international: Classe des sciences mathématiques, naturelles et de la médecine, Česká akademie věd a umění, page 38
    • Herpetocypris palpiger A. G. Lowndes 1923 is a synonymum for Herpetocypris chevreuxi G. O. Sars 1869.1952, Zoologické a Entomologické Listy, page 114

Examples of synonymum in a sentence

  • The term labor pains is being commonly used as a synonymum for the expulsive contractions of the uterine muscles.1967, Acta universitatis palackianae olomucensis, page 165:
  • In this sense, the effective development is a synonymum for optimum development.1972, Czechoslovak Digest, page 11:
  • It is a synonymum for the term of antisaprobity (B. & Z.1973, Ergebnisse der Limnologie, page 102:
  • Exactly the above mentioned terms “other pressure” or “advantages of any kind” constitute the synonymums for the ideological subversion by imperialism of the socialist countries.1978, International Relations, page 14:

Forms of synonymum

pluralsynonymums

Origin of synonymum

From Czech synonymum or Slovak synonymum.

Questions about synonymum

What does synonymum mean?
Synonymum means synonym.
How do you use synonymum in a sentence?
The term labor pains is being commonly used as a synonymum for the expulsive contractions of the uterine muscles.
What part of speech is synonymum?
Synonymum is a noun.
What is the plural of synonymum?
The plural of synonymum is synonymums.

Words near synonymum in the dictionary

  1. synonymomania
  2. synonymous
  3. synonymously
  4. synonymousness
  5. synonyms
  6. synonymum
  7. synonymums
  8. synonymy
  9. synop
  10. synophrys
  11. synophthalmia

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