# zeugma
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzjuːɡ.mə/, /ˈzuːɡ.mə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)
* (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.
* (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
** July 1963, Fred Sommers, “Types and Ontology”, in The Philosophical Review‎, volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343:The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated the rule of transitivity.
** 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics‎, page 104:Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'. Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.

#### Usage notes

Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.

#### Hypernyms

* brachylogy

#### Coordinate terms

* syllepsis

#### Related terms

* diazeugma
* hypozeugma
* mesozeugma
* prozeugma
* protozeugma

#### Translations
### See also

* zeugma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* Silva Rhetoricae

## Aragonese

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### Noun

zeugma m (uncountable)
* zeugma

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈzɛwɡ.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈzewɡ.ma]

### Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmes)
* zeugma

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzɛu̯ɡma]
* Hyphenation: zeug‧ma

### Noun

zeugma n
* zeugma

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “zeugma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “zeugma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “zeugma”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsœwɡma], [ˈsʌjɡma]

### Noun

zeugma n (singular definite zeugmaet, not used in plural form)
* (rhetoric) zeugma

### References

* “zeugma” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzœy̯ɣ.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: zeug‧ma

### Noun

zeugma n (plural zeugmata or zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)
* zeugma

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zøɡ.ma/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
* zeugma

### Further reading

* “zeugma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

### Noun

zeugma (plural zeugma-zeugma)
* (rhetoric) zeugma

### Further reading

* “zeugma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/ˈd͡zɛwɡ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛwɡma
* Hyphenation: zèug‧ma

### Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmi)
* (rhetoric) zeugma

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈzeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈz̪ɛu̯ɡmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈd͡zeu̯ɡ.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛu̯ɡmä]

### Noun

zeugma n (genitive zeugmatis); third declension
* (Late Latin) zeugma

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

### References

* “zeugma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “zeugma”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “zeugma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “zeugma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “zeugma”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin zeugma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzɛwɡ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛwɡma
* Syllabification: zeug‧ma
* Homophone: Zeugma

### Noun

zeugma f
* (rhetoric) zeugma (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)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* zeugma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈzew.ɡi.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.mɐ], /ˈzewɡ.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯ɡ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈzew.ɡi.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.mɐ], /ˈzewɡ.mɐ/ [ˈzeʊ̯ɡ.mɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈzewɡ.ma/ [ˈzeʊ̯ɡ.ma], /ˈzew.ɡi.ma/ [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.ma]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈzew.ɡmɐ/ [ˈzew.ɣmɐ]
* Hyphenation: zeug‧ma

### Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
* (rhetoric) zeugma

#### Derived terms

* zeugmático

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zeǔɡma/
* Hyphenation: ze‧ug‧ma

### Noun

zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling зеу̀гма)
* zeugma

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* ceugma (rare)

### Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθeuɡma/ [ˈθeu̯ɣ̞.ma]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈseuɡma/ [ˈseu̯ɣ̞.ma]
* Rhymes: -euɡma
* Syllabification: zeug‧ma

### Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)
* (rhetoric) zeugma

#### Derived terms

* zeugmático

### Further reading

* “zeugma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10