antonomase

ɑ̃tɔnɔmaz

Definition

Definition of antonomase - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

titre honorifique

TECH.

figure de style qui remplace un nom propre par un nom commun

TECH.

Dire "l'Empereur" pour désigner Napoléon est une antonomase.

métonymie

substitution

transfert

personne célèbre

TECH.

figure de style qui utilise un nom propre comme nom commun

TECH.

Appeler quelqu'un "un hercule" utilise l'antonomase.

dénomination

généralisation

nominalisation

linguistique

TECH.

transformation définitive d'un nom propre en nom commun dans la langue

TECH.

Le mot "sandwich" vient d'une antonomase du nom Lord Sandwich.

communisation

lexicalisation

nominalisation

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Expressions with antonomase

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par antonomase

adv.

en utilisant un nom propre à la place d'un nom commun ou inversement

Il emploie « Don Juan » par antonomase pour désigner un séducteur.

Origin of antonomase

grec, anti (contre) + onoma (nom) + -ase (suffixe)

Terms with antonomase included in their meaning

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antonomastique

adj.

figure de style

qui concerne la figure de style appelée antonomase

Examples of antonomase in a sentence

On utilise souvent l'antonomase dans les discours politiques.
Dire «un Don Juan» est une antonomase.
L’antonomase transforme «un Tartuffe» en synonyme d’hypocrite.
"Frigidaire" est devenu une antonomase pour désigner un réfrigérateur.
L'usage du mot "kleenex" illustre une antonomase courante.

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English:antonomasia, the process by which a proper name becomes a common noun, ...
German:Antonomasie, ...
Italian:antonomasia, ...
Spanish:antonomasia, ...
Portuguese:antonomásia, ...
Chinese:转喻, 专名通用, ...
Japanese:アントノマジー, アントノマージア, ...
Arabic:أنتونوماسية, أنتونومسيا, ...
Hebrew:אַנְטוֹנוֹמַסְיָה, אַנְטוֹנוֹמָסָה, ...
Russian:антономазия, ...
Ukrainian:антономазія, ...
Catalan:antonomàsia, ...
Danish:antonomase, antonomasi, ...
Dutch:antonomasie, ...
Greek:αντωνομασία, ρητορική μεταφορά, ...
Hungarian:antonomázia, ...
Khmer:អង់តូណូមាស, អន្តោនូមាស, ...
Korean:대명칭화, 대명칭, ...
Polish:antonomazja, ...
Portuguese (BR):antonomásia, ...
Romanian:antonomază, metonimie, ...
Swedish:antonomasi, ...
Thai:แอนโทโนมาเซีย, อันโตโนมาซี, ...
Turkish:antonomaz, özel adın cins ad olarak kullanılması, ...
Vietnamese:phép hoán dụ tên riêng, antonomase, ...

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Definition of antonomase - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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Origin of antonomase

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