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English

Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|ζεῦγμα (zeugma) "yoking"

Pronunciation
Wiktionary:Pronunciation key|IPA: /zugm�/ or /zjugm�/
audio|En-us-zeugma.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
wikipedia|Zeugma
zeugma (plural: zeugmata)

1. rhetoric 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
syllepsis

Translations
trans-top|using a word to apply to more than one noun
Bosnian: t-|bs|zeugma|f
Croatian: t-|hr|zeugma|f
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Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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Noun
hr-noun|g=f|zeugme

1. #English|zeugma

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Noun
bs-noun|g=f|zeugme

1. #English|zeugma

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