eponym

ˈɛpənɪm

Definition

Definition of eponym - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

names

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name derived from a person

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The word 'sandwich' is an eponym from the Earl of Sandwich.

designation

namesake

title

naming

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person after whom a place, people, era, or other entity is named

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Rome is named after the eponym Romulus.

namesake

title

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Origin of eponym

Greek, epi (upon) + onoma (name)

Examples of eponym in a sentence

The term 'boycott' is an eponym from Charles Boycott.
The city of Alexandria is an eponym of Alexander the Great.
The term 'Victorian' is an eponym for Queen Victoria.

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French:éponyme, nominateur, ...
German:Eponym, Namensgeber, ...
Italian:eponimo, ...
Spanish:epónimo, homónimo, ...
Portuguese:epônimo, homônimo, ...
Chinese:衍生名, 命名者, ...
Japanese:エポニム, 名祖, ...
Arabic:اِسْم مُشْتَقّ مِن شَخْص, مُسَمٍّ, ...
Hebrew:שֵׁם אֵפוֹנִימִי, אָדָם שֶׁעַל שְׁמוֹ נִקְרָא מָקוֹם, ...
Russian:эпоним, ...
Ukrainian:епонім, ...
Hindi:उपनाम, एपोनिम, ...
Bengali:এপোনিম, নামকরণ ব্যক্তি, ...
Catalan:epònim, ...
Czech:eponymum, eponym, ...
Danish:eponym, navngiver, ...
Dutch:eponiem, ...
Greek:επώνυμο, επώνυμος, ...
Hungarian:eponima, névadó, ...
Khmer:នាមសព្ទកើតពីឈ្មោះបុគ្គល, បុគ្គលដែលទីកន្លែង ក្រុមមនុស្ស សម័យកាល ឬអង្គភាពផ្សេងទៀតត្រូវបានដាក់ឈ្មោះតាម, ...
Korean:이름, 이포님, ...
Persian:نام‌واژه, نام‌گذار, ...
Polish:eponim, ...
Portuguese (BR):epônimo, homônimo, ...
Romanian:eponim, nume eponim, ...
Swedish:eponym, ...
Thai:คำที่มาจากชื่อ, บุคคลที่เป็นชื่อ, ...
Turkish:ad, isim babası, ...
Vietnamese:tên gọi, người sáng lập, ...

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