namesake

homonyme

Personne qui porte le nom d’une autre, ou dont le nom a été donné à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A person who was given another person’s name, or whose name was given to someone else.

• Little Tom is his grandfather’s namesake.
• She met the singer who was her namesake.
• My uncle was delighted to hold his newborn namesake.

Synonymes : eponym, homonym

Expressions courantes : his grandfather’s namesake, her famous namesake

homonyme

Personne qui porte le même nom qu’une autre.

En anglais simple : A person who has the same name as someone else.

• I met my namesake at school.
• The actor is often confused with his namesake.
• Despite their shared name, the two namesakes are unrelated.

Synonymes : homonym

Expressions courantes : a famous namesake, an unrelated namesake

homonyme

Chose à laquelle on a donné le nom d’une personne, d’un lieu ou d’une autre chose.

En anglais simple : Something given the name of a person, place, or other thing.

• The ship is the explorer’s namesake.
• The new library became its founder’s namesake.
• This restaurant serves dishes from its Italian namesake.

Synonymes : eponym

Expressions courantes : the city’s namesake, a floating namesake