Zeugma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Synonyms

English

Etymology

From Greek ζευγμα (zeugma).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zugmə/ or /zjugmə/

Noun

zeugma (plural: zeugmata)

1. The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one or in different ways

Synonyms

• Syllepsisfr:zeugma

io:zeugma zh:zeugma