merónimo

See also: meronimo and merônimo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• merônimo (Brazil)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) +‎ -ónimo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛˈɾɔ.ni.mu/

• Rhymes: -ɔnimu
• Hyphenation: me‧ró‧ni‧mo

Noun

merónimo m (plural merónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (semantics) meronym

Further reading

• “merônimo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “merónimo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “merónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) +‎ -ónimo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾonimo/ [meˈɾo.ni.mo]
• Rhymes: -onimo
• Syllabification: me‧ró‧ni‧mo

Noun

merónimo m (plural merónimos)

1. (semantics) meronym

Further reading

• “merónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024