English Explanatory Dictionary

eponym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc.
  2. Something that is named after a person.
  3. A name taken from a person, a namesake toponym, term, etc.
  4. A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.
  5. Synonym of epitome, a person taken as a symbol or quintessential representative of some trait, school, etc.
  6. Synonym of epithet, a distinguishing title.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛpənɪm/ en-us-eponym.ogg en-au-eponym.ogg

Word forms

eponym eponyms eponyme

Etymology

From Latin eponymus, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, epi-”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Equivalent to epi- + -nym.

Synonyms

eponymist namesake deonym epitome epithet

Related words

aneponymous eponymous

Derived words

eponymic eponymical eponymically eponymism eponymist eponymize eponymy proprietary eponym

Translations

Belarusian: эпані́м Bengali: ব্যক্তির নামে নামাঙ্কিত Bulgarian: епоним Catalan: epònim Chinese Mandarin: 名祖 Czech: eponym Dutch: eponiem Dutch: naamgever Finnish: eponyymi French: éponyme German: Namensgeber German: Eponym Ancient Greek: ἐπωνυμία Hungarian: névadó Irish: eapainm Italian: eponimo Japanese: 名祖 Japanese: エポニム Korean: 명조 Latin: eponymus Malay: eponim Polish: eponim Portuguese: epónimo Portuguese: epônimo Russian: эпо́ним Slovak: eponym Spanish: epónimo Swedish: eponym Telugu: నామకారకుడు Turkish: eponim Turkish: ad veren Ukrainian: епо́нім
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