synonyme
See also: Synonyme
English
Noun
synonyme (plural synonymes)
- Archaic form of synonym.
- 1910, Scientific Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, volume 46, page 306:
- The constancy of the alkaloids is the factor that has made alkalometry the synonyme of exact medication in veterinary science.
- 1920, H P Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft's Writings in the United Amateur (1915-1922), page 120:
- In reading, the novice should note the varied mode of expression practiced by good authors, and should keep in his mind for future use the many appropriate synonymes he encounters.
French
Alternative forms
- synonime (obsolete)
Etymology
From syn- + -onyme, from Late Latin synonymon, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), composed by σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.nɔ.nim/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: synonymes
- Hyphenation: sy‧no‧nyme
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: sinonim
Further reading
- “synonyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
synonyme
- inflection of synonym:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
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