English-German translation for "byword"

"byword" German translation

byword
noun | Substantiv s

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Sprichwort Inbegriff, Personifikation Gespött, Gegenstand des Tadels der Verachtung Beiname, Spitzname stehende Redensart, Schlagwort
  • Inbegriffmasculine | Maskulinum m
    byword epitome
    Personifikationfeminine | Femininum f (sprichwörtlich gewordene Personor | oder od Sache,especially | besonders besonders im negativen Sinne)
    byword epitome
    byword epitome
examples
  • to be a byword forsomething | etwas sth
    gleichbedeutend mitsomething | etwas etwas sein
    to be a byword forsomething | etwas sth
  • Gespöttneuter | Neutrum n
    byword rare | seltenselten (object of scorn) figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Gegenstandmasculine | Maskulinum m des Tadelsor | oder od der Verachtung
    byword rare | seltenselten (object of scorn) figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    byword rare | seltenselten (object of scorn) figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Beinamemasculine | Maskulinum m
    byword nickname
    Spitznamemasculine | Maskulinum m
    byword nickname
    byword nickname
Durch seinen Befehl wurde sein Name zu einem Synonym für eine arrogante Narrheit.
In doing so, he became a byword for arrogant folly.
Source: Europarl
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