synecdoche

Meaning of synecdoche

noun

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in England lost by six wickets (meaning ‘ the English cricket team’).

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from sun- ‘together’ + ekdekhesthai ‘take up’.

Information about synecdoche

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of synecdoche is: synecdoches.
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Hyphenation of synecdoche

synec-doche

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • synecdoche is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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