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eponym

eponym

English

Noun

eponym ‎(plural eponyms)

The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

Rome is an eponym of Romulus.

Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms.

Synonyms

namesake

Derived terms

eponymous

Translations

name of a person that has given rise to the name of something

Bengali: ব্যক্তির নামে নামাঙ্কিত ‎(byôktir name namaṅkit)
Bulgarian: епоним m ‎(eponim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 名祖 ‎(míngzǔ)
Czech: eponymum n
Dutch: eponiem (nl) n, naamgever m
Finnish: eponyymi
French: éponyme (fr) m
German: Namensgeber m, Eponym (de) n
Irish: eapainm m

Italian: eponimo (it) m
Japanese: 名祖 ‎(なおや, naoya)
Malay: eponim
Polish: eponim (pl) m
Portuguese: epónimo m (Portugal), epônimo (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: эпоним (ru) m ‎(eponim)
Spanish: epónimo (es) m
Swedish: eponym (sv) c
Telugu: నామకారకుడు ‎(nāmakārakuḍu)
Turkish: (psychology) eponim, ad veren

word formed from a person’s name

Bulgarian: епоним m ‎(eponim)
Dutch: eponiem (nl) n
French: éponyme (fr) m
German: Eponym (de) n
Italian: eponimo (it) m

Polish: eponim (pl) m
Portuguese: epónimo m (Portugal), epônimo (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: эпоним (ru) m ‎(eponim)
Spanish: epónimo (es) m
Swedish: eponym (sv) c

Swedish

Noun

eponym c

eponym

Declension

Inflection of eponym
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eponym	eponymen	eponymer	eponymerna
Genitive	eponyms	eponymens	eponymers	eponymernas