換かん喩ゆ語ご

noun

metonym

A linguistics term for a word or expression used as a metonym, where one thing is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

• 「換かん喩ゆ語ご」は、例たとえば「ホワイトハウス」がアメリカ政せい府ふを指さすような言こと葉ばを指さす。

  A 'metonym' refers to a word like 'White House' when it stands for the U.S. government.