Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myonymy

/maɪˈɒnɪmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: my-onymy
IPA: /maɪˈɒnɪmi/

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nomenclature of the muscles.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Chaussier's idea that the name of each muscle, for example, should accurately indicate all its relations, led him to frame a myonymy which is not only inapplicable to the same parts in many animals, but so ponderous as to be useless ;"

Etymology

From myo- + -onymy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: myo
Suffix: onymy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce myonymy?: The recorded pronunciation is /maɪˈɒnɪmi/.
What does myonymy mean?: Nomenclature of the muscles.
Where does myonymy come from?: From myo- + -onymy.

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