Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taxonymy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tax-onymy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The relationship of a taxonym to its corresponding hypernym.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"According to the approach to word meaning adopted here, both the core of a category and the relation of taxonymy should in principle be construals, subject to contextual constraints."
"The proposal in connection with taxonymy is that a taxonym must (a) further specify a highlighted feature of the hypernym and (b) must similarly highlight it."
"Finally, the linguistic expression A kind/type of used as a diagnostic test in the taxonymy relation is treated by Wierzbicka (1996) as a lexical expression of semantic primitives for representing taxonomy."

Etymology

From taxonym + -y.

Word Breakdown

Root: *teh₂g-
Suffix: taxonym

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does taxonymy mean?: The relationship of a taxonym to its corresponding hypernym.
Where does taxonymy come from?: From taxonym + -y.

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