【eponym】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

词源(Etymology)

Back-formation from eponymous. See also -onym.

发音(Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpənɪm/

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名词(Noun)

eponym (plural eponyms)

1. A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.

   Romulus is the eponym of Rome.

2. A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

   Synonym: namesake

   Rome is an eponym of Romulus.

   • 2004, Bill Sherk, 500 Years of New Words, →ISBN:

     [Mesmer] lives on today as the root of the eponym mesmerize.

   • 2015, Robert B. Taylor, What Every Medical Writer Needs to Know, →ISBN:

     For their dubious contribution to literature, Doctor Bowdler and Henrietta were recognized with the eponym bowdlerize[.]

3. (loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.

   Synonym: toponym

   “Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.

关联词(Related terms)

• eponymous

翻译(Translations)

查看更多(See also)

• Category:English eponyms

查看更多(Further reading)

• eponym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• eponym at OneLook Dictionary Search

Swedish

名词(Noun)

eponym c

1. eponym

变化形式(Declension)