Translation of "synecdoche" into German

Synekdoche is the translation of "synecdoche" into German.

synecdoche noun grammar

(rhetoric) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made, and similar. [..]

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  • Synekdoche

    noun feminine

    figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole [..]

    Or, “cities,” represented by the “gates,” by a figure of speech, synecdoche.

    Od.: „Städte“, da „Tore“ für „Städte“ steht; Redefigur der Synekdoche.

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