Definitions for meronymy
meronymy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. meronymy, part to whole relationnoun

   the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. meronymynoun

   The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.

2. Etymology: From mero- + -nym (from μέρος + ὄνομα); compare meronym.

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1. meronymy

   Meronymy is a linguistic term used to describe a specific type of semantic relationship between words or concepts. It refers to a hierarchical relationship in which a term represents a part or a member of a larger whole. In other words, meronymy denotes the concept of a whole being made up of smaller component parts. This relationship can exist between various linguistic units, such as words, phrases, or even ideas, and it helps to express the organization and structure of objects or concepts in language.

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1. Meronymy

   Meronymy is a semantic relation used in linguistics. A meronym denotes a constituent part of, or a member of something. That is, For example, 'finger' is a meronym of 'hand' because a finger is part of a hand. Similarly 'wheel' is a meronym of 'automobile'. Meronymy is the opposite of holonymy. A closely related concept is that of mereology, which specifically deals with part/whole relations and is used in logic. It is formally expressed in terms of first-order logic. A meronymy can also be considered a partial order. A meronym means part of a whole. A word denoting a subset of what another word denotes is a hyponym. In knowledge representation languages, meronymy is often expressed as "part-of".

Matched Categories

1. • Semantic Relation

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1976","1"],["1977","5"],["1979","4"],["1983","2"],["1984","16"],["1985","4"],["1986","29"],["1987","6"],["1988","19"],["1989","9"],["1990","21"],["1991","50"],["1992","354"],["1993","36"],["1994","37"],["1995","31"],["1996","155"],["1997","50"],["1998","212"],["1999","109"],["2000","148"],["2001","165"],["2002","163"],["2003","354"],["2004","262"],["2005","197"],["2006","257"],["2007","199"],["2008","176"]]

How to pronounce meronymy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say meronymy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meronymy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meronymy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meronymy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meronymy
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=meronymy
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=meronymy