antonomásia
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.to.noˈma.zjɐ/
antonomásia is spelled A-N-T-O-N-O-M-Á-S-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antonomásia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “antonomasia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “metonímia que substitui um elemento pela citação de outro que lhe está relacionado (por exemplo: "Pai da…”.
What does antonomásia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineantonomasia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. metonímia que substitui um elemento pela citação de outro que lhe está relacionado (por exemplo: "Pai da Aviação", para Santos Dumont)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of antonomásia
- antonomásias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antonomásia?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.to.noˈma.zjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.tu.nuˈma.zjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.tɔ.nuˈma.zjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is antonomásia in Portuguese?
antonomásia appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).