antonomasya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish antonomasia, from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, antonomasia).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔantonoˈmasja/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪o.n̪oˈmaː.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔantonoˈmasja/ [ʔɐn̪.t̪o.n̪oˈmas.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: an‧to‧no‧mas‧ya

Noun

antonomasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜋᜐ᜔ᜌ) (rhetoric)

  1. antonomasia

Further reading

  • antonomasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018