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Meaning of "eponymous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPONYMOUS

eponymous  [ɪˈpɒnɪməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPONYMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eponymous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EPONYMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

eponymous

Eponym

An eponym can be either an item which provides a name-source for a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item to be named, or it can also be an item which acts as a name-recipient. For example, Léon Theremin is the eponym of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument; or, the medical term Parkinson's disease is a medical eponym, named after the English physician, James Parkinson. Similarly, the term eponymous has parallel meanings when employed as an adjective. An etiological myth can be a "reverse eponym" in the sense that a legendary character is invented in order to explain a term, such as the nymph Pirene, who according to myth was turned into Pirene's Fountain.

Definition of eponymous in the English dictionary

The definition of eponymous in the dictionary is being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named. Other definition of eponymous is named after its central character or creator.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPONYMOUS


acronymous
əˈkrɒnɪməs
animus
ˈænɪməs
anonymous
əˈnɒnɪməs
antonymous
ænˈtɒnɪməs
autonymous
ɔːˈtɒnɪməs
cryptonymous
krɪpˈtɒnɪməs
euonymus
juːˈɒnɪməs
evonymus
ɛˈvɒnɪməs
heteronomous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs
heteronymous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒnɪməs
Hieronymus
ˌhaɪəˈrɒnɪməs
homonymous
hɒˈmɒnɪməs
onymous
ˈɒnɪməs
paronymous
pəˈrɒnɪməs
polyonymous
ˌpɒlɪˈɒnɪməs
pseudonymous
sjuːˈdɒnɪməs
synonymous
sɪˈnɒnɪməs
tautonymic
tɔːˈtɒnɪməs
tautonymous
tɔːˈtɒnɪməs
unanimous
juːˈnænɪməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPONYMOUS

epoch
epoch-making
epochal
epochally
epode
epodic
eponychium
eponym
eponymic
eponymously
eponymy
epopee
epopoeia
epopt
epos
epoxidation
epoxide
epoxide resin
epoxidize
epoxies

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPONYMOUS

Alcoholics Anonymous
anadromous
autonomous
azymous
blasphemous
chymous
cymous
dichotomous
didymous
enormous
famous
Gamblers Anonymous
ginormous
infamous
Narcotics Anonymous
Parents Anonymous
posthumous
squamous
venomous
world-famous

Synonyms and antonyms of eponymous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eponymous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPONYMOUS

Find out the translation of eponymous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eponymous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eponymous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

由此命名的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epónimo
570 millions of speakers

English

eponymous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

eponymous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسماوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одноименный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epônimo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

eponymous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éponyme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Eponymous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

namengebend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

劇・小説のタイトルと主人公が同じ名前の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작품 속의 인물이 작품의 명칭과 동일한 이름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eponymous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cùng tên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெயருக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नामांकित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eponymous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eponimo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tytułowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

однойменний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omonim
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επώνυμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelyknamige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eponymous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvtitulerte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eponymous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPONYMOUS»

The term «eponymous» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPONYMOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eponymous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eponymous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eponymous

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QUOTES WITH «EPONYMOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eponymous.
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Peter York
Eponymous brands aren't that popular with analysts and investors now. You can only take an eponymous brand with a living figurehead so far, they argue. What happens when they grow old and die? What happens when they misbehave and go seriously off-brand?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPONYMOUS»

Discover the use of eponymous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eponymous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics: A Guide to Laws and ...
"Julio Segura and Carlos Rodriguez Braun have assembled a unique Dictionary that will be an invaluable and much welcomed reference book for economic journalists, economists and economic scholars at all levels of academe, and in all areas of ...
Julio Segura, Carlos Rodríguez Braun, 2004
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Transactions of the Chronological Institute of London ...
There are the 9 archons, and they are the Eponymous archon of the year, the king, the polemarch, and the six thesmothetas." Prideaux, Annot. ad Chron. Marm . p. 90, says, " The Prideaux. Athenians marked their Fasti and public acts by ...
Chronological Institute of London, 1852
3
Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchy
The Arbitrators are men in their sixtieth year; their age is known from the Archons and the eponymous heroes. There are ten eponymous heroes for the tribes, and forty-two for the age-groups ; the Ephebes' names are recorded together with ...
John Michael Moore, 1975
4
The Jews of Egypt: From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian
I 24) We shall not bicker over the date of this interesting contract, but shall take note in passing that the anonymous stereotyped formula of the preceding document gives way here to a list of the eponymous priest and priestesses who were ...
Joseph Modrzejewski, 1997
5
The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
macadam Many words have obvious eponymous origins. The origins of Freudian and Jeffersonian are transparent, and although one may not know the specifics behind Alzheimer's disease or Murphy 's Law, one does not doubt that they ...
‎1991
6
Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction
This was a device among ancient writers called "eponymous" writing, and it helped to fix for the reader or listener the exact roots of the hero. The eponym is the person from whom a tribe or nation gets its name. Thus we could say that Mother ...
Lawrence Boadt, 1984
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Sparta
Third, that it was by the authority of the eponymous ephor that the intercalation was made is a fair inference to draw. If the year was named after him, then it is natural to suppose that it was on his responsibility that the month was added.
Michell, 1964
8
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
But Dixie has other, false, eponymous origins. It is sometimes claimed that the term is a reference to Johan Dixie (sometimes spelled Dixy), a Manhattan slave owner of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. Dixie, according to the ...
David Wilton, 2004
9
Dictionary for Library and Information Science
See also: eponymous imprint. eponymous imprint A publisher's imprint that carries a personal name or names, often of the founder(s) (examples: J.B. Lippincott and R.R. Bowker). More recently, eponymous imprints under the editor's name ...
Joan M. Reitz, 2004
10
Arenas of Language Use
Many eponymous expressions, like to boycott, a cardigan, and a napoleon (the pastry), have evolved into well- established words with conventional meanings ( see Espy 1978, for an extensive list) and so are no longer contextual expressions .
Herbert H. Clark, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPONYMOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eponymous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood's go-to nice guy and …
... he has been stuck inside an airless London hotel room doing interviews for his performance as the eponymous Ant-Man, the latest superhero ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
9 July 2015 in News: Royal Astronomical Society's National …
The two-hearted Sun beckons new 'mini ice-age' Like the enigmatic, eponymous character from Doctor Who our Sun may have two hearts. «Astronomy Now Online, Jul 15»
3
PepsiCo raises earnings forecast
... dollar has had on the overseas businesses of the company behind Doritos and Tropicana orange juice, as well as the eponymous soda. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Eat Like a Local in Europe's Top Tourist Spots
And in Paris, talented chef David Toutain has opened an eponymous fine-dining restaurant that's nearly as big a draw as nearby Les Invalides. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Calibrating Chinese creativity
“The China Effect on Global Innovation”, a study by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the think-tank of the eponymous consulting firm, argues ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
6
Dominic Cooper Cast in 'Stratton' Role Vacated by Henry Cavill
Simon West is directing the movie, based on the first novel of the eponymous eight-book series by Duncan Falconer. The book follows a British ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
7
Def Leppard's Phil Collen Goes Deep With Delta Deep: Photo Gallery
The result is a brand-new eponymous album which features a wildly diverse and edgy blend of bluesy, ultra soulful rockers and ballads that ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Jul 15»
8
Y Combinator-backed GitHub competitor GitLab raises $1.5M
GitLab, the startup behind the eponymous open-source Git repository management software for storing and collaborating on source code, ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
9
The Force awakens in new official Star Wars app from Disney
Star Wars is first and foremost a source of news from a galaxy far, far away — that is, news and information related to the eponymous franchise. «AppAdvice, Jul 15»
10
Paris Hilton and Thomas Gross Feel Like "Soulmates"
Paris' 18 perfumes have generated $2 billion in revenue; she has 56 eponymous branded stores in the Middle East and Asia selling her line of ... «E! Online, Jul 15»

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