holonymy

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ὅλος (hólos) + (deprecated template usage) ὄνομα (ónoma) + (deprecated template usage) -y

Noun

holonymy (usually uncountable, plural holonymies)

1. (deprecated template usage) (countable, semantics) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

1. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable, semantics) The quality or nature of being the whole in a holonymous relation.

Related terms

• holonym
• holonymous

Antonyms

• meronymy

Translations

system of holonyms

• French: holonymie (fr) c
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: holonimia f
• Russian: холонимия f (xolonimija)

See also

• semantics
• synonymy
• antonymy
• homonymy
• polysemy
• paronyms
• hypernymy
• hyponymy
• metonymy
• meronymy
• exocentric
• endocentric