sinédoque
Portuguese, noun/siˈnɛ.do.ki/
sinédoque is spelled S-I-N-É-D-O-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinédoque is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synecdoche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de linguagem, similar à metonímia e, às vezes, considerada apenas uma variação sua”.
What does sinédoque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynecdoche
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de linguagem, similar à metonímia e, às vezes, considerada apenas uma variação sua
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 sinédoque
- sinédoques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinédoque?
- Brazil /siˈnɛ.do.ki/
- Portugal /siˈnɛ.du.kɨ/
- Portugal [siˈnɛ.ðu.kɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinédoque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinédoque in Portuguese?
sinédoque appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).