synecdoche

• n. メトニミー（全体が部分によって表現され、全体が部分として言及される修辞法）。

syn-, together, -ec, outward, -doc, show, 語源的にはdecent, doctorと同じ。 全体を一部で置き換えたり、全体を一部で置き換えたりする修辞的な装置を指すのに使われ、文字どおり全会一致、共通の前進、後退を意味する。

synecdoche (n.)

"figure of speech in which a part is taken for the whole or vice versa," late 15c. correction of synodoches (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin synodoche, alteration of Late Latin synecdoche, from Greek synekdokhe "the putting of a whole for a part; an understanding one with another," literally "a receiving together or jointly," from synekdekhesthai "supply a thought or word; take with something else, join in receiving," from syn- "with" (see syn-) + ek "out" (see ex-) + dekhesthai "to receive," related to dokein "seem good" (see decent). Typically an attribute or adjunct substituted for the thing meant ("head" for "cattle," "hands" for "workmen," "wheels" for "automobile," etc.). Compare metonymy. Related: Synecdochical.

1. Tropes include metaphor，simile，metonymy， synecdoche ，etc.

比喩はメタファー、比喩、比喩などを含み、意味修辞法の重要な構成部分である。