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tautonymy

tautonymy noun: the use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.

Noun

tautonymy (usually uncountable, plural tautonymies)

  1. (usually) The use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.

tautonymy meaning in Tamil

tautonymy in Tamil

சிற்றினப்பெயரும் ஒரே மாதிரியாக இருத்தல், இரட்டைக்கிளவி, பேரினப்பெயரும்

Forms of tautonymy

pluraltautonymies

Questions about tautonymy

What does tautonymy mean?
Tautonymy means the use of a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.
What is tautonymy in Tamil?
Tautonymy in Tamil is சிற்றினப்பெயரும் ஒரே மாதிரியாக இருத்தல், இரட்டைக்கிளவி, பேரினப்பெயரும். See Tautonymy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tautonymy?
Tautonymy is a noun.
What is the plural of tautonymy?
The plural of tautonymy is tautonymies.

Words near tautonymy in the dictionary

  1. tautonym
  2. tautonymic
  3. tautonymies
  4. tautonymous
  5. tautonyms
  6. tautonymy
  7. tautophonic
  8. tautophonical
  9. tautophonies
  10. tautophony
  11. tautophrase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tautonymy (page history and authors); tautonymy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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