Translation of "synecdoche" into Swedish

synekdoke, Synekdoke are the top translations of "synecdoche" into Swedish.

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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  • synekdoke

    common

    By a figure of speech, synecdoche, the part (gates) is put for the whole (city).

    En synekdoke, dvs. en stilfigur som kännetecknas av att en del (porten) av något helt får beteckna det hela (staden); kallas också pars pro toto.

  • Synekdoke

    class of metonymy, often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts

    By a figure of speech, synecdoche, the part (gates) is put for the whole (city).

    En synekdoke, dvs. en stilfigur som kännetecknas av att en del (porten) av något helt får beteckna det hela (staden); kallas också pars pro toto.

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