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e·pon·y·mous
(ĭ-pŏn′ə-məs)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or constituting an eponym.
2. Named after something else or deriving from an existing name or word: "Programs such as He-Man and Masters of the Universe ... were all created with the explicit purpose of selling the eponymous toys to children" (Susan Gregory Thomas).
[From Greek epōnumos; see eponym.]
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eponymous
(ɪˈpɒnɪməs)adj
1. (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc, is named: the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre.
2. (of a literary work, film, etc) named after its central character or creator: the Stooges' eponymous debut album.
eˈponymously adv
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ep•on•y•mous
(əˈpɒn ə məs)adj.
giving one's name to something, as a tribe or place.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ɪˈpɒnɪməs] adj → de ce nom, du même nom, éponymethe eponymous hero of ... → le héros éponyme de ...epoxy resin [ɪˌpɒksiˈrɛzɪn] n → résine f époxy
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ɪˈpɒnɪməs] adj (liter) → eponimoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995