Dictionary

eponymous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɛ-/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈpɒnɪməs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈpɑnəməs/ (General-American)
• /əˈpɒnəməs/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *h₁epi From Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
   • Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
   • The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.
   • Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
   • Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day. 2008, Nicholas Drayson, chapter 5, in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, London: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
2. Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
   • The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.

Forms

Deriveds

eponymously · aneponymous

Relateds

self-titled · eponymy · eponymic · eponymist · eponym · eponymically · titular · namesake · eponymize · eponymism

Translations (30)

sv självbetitlad (of a thing: named after a person or entity) · el επιλέγω (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · he אֶפּוֹנִימִי (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · ro eponim (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · fi mukaan nimetty (of a thing: named after a person or entity) · es epónimo (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · nl gelijknamig (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · el επιλεγόμενος (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · pt epónimo (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · it eponimo (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · pl tytułowy (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · he אֶפּוֹנִים (of a thing: named after a person or entity) · cy eponymaidd (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · fi eponyyminen (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · nl naamgevend (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · ru одноимённый (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · de namensgebend (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · nl eponiem (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · hu azonos nevű/című (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · de gleichnamig (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · fr éponyme (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · el επωνυμικός (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · ga eapainmneach (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · hu névadó (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · pl eponimiczny (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · de eponymisch (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · da navngivende (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · uk однойме́нний (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · ca epònim (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named) · fi samanniminen (of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named)