DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
metonymy
/mɪ'tɑnəmi/ · mɪtɑnəmi
Metonymy has 4 syllables: me · ton · y · my.
me
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ton
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y
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my
04
noun. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').
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