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สัมพจนัย samR phaH jaL naiM |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | สัม-พะ-จะ-นัย |
IPA | sǎm pʰá tɕà naj |
Royal Thai General System | samphachanai |
alternate spelling | สมพจน์ | sohmR phohtH | |
[noun] | |||
definition | [figure of speech] synecdoche | ||
notes | a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (such as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (such as the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (such as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (such as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (such as willow for bat) | ||
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