holonym

English

Noun

holonym (plural holonyms)

1. (deprecated template usage) (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.

   Body is a holonym of arm, leg and heart.

   Word is a holonym of letter.

Antonyms

• (term that denotes a whole): meronym

Derived terms

• holonymy
• holonymous

Holonyms

• semantic network
• thesaurus

Translations

a term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by the other term

• French: holonyme (fr) m
• German: Holonym (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: holonim m
• Spanish: holónimo m
• Swedish: holonym (sv) c

See also

• synecdoche

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Swedish

Noun

holonym ?

1. (deprecated template usage) (semantics) holonym