analogon

See also: Analogon and analōgõn

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos).

Noun

analogon (plural analoga or analogons)

1. An analogue.
   • 1853, Laurens Perseus Hickok, A System of Moral Science, page 58:

     The rectilineal as opposed to curvature is an analogon of worthiness as opposed to happiness; as opposed to obliquity, it is an analogon of equity as opposed to partiality.

2. (philosophy) According to Sartre, an equivalent of perception (such as a painting or a mental image) that is necessary for the process of imagination to take place.

Related terms

• analogate

Translations

Translations

• Polish: analogon m

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Pronunciation

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Noun

analogon m (plural analogons)

1. (psychology) the other
2. analogue

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογον (análogon). First attested in 1838.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈlɔ.ɡɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔn
• Syllabification: a‧na‧lo‧gon

Noun

analogon m inan

1. (literary) analogon (analog)

   Synonyms: analog, odpowiednik

Declension

Declension of analogon

	singular	plural
nominative	analogon	analogony
genitive	analogonu	analogonów
dative	analogonowi	analogonom
accusative	analogon	analogony
instrumental	analogonem	analogonami
locative	analogonie	analogonach
vocative	analogonie	analogony

Related terms

adjectives

• analogiczny
• analogowy

 

adverbs

• analogicznie
• analogowo

 

nouns

• analog
• analogat
• analogia
• analogiczność
• analogizm

 

verb

• analogizować

 

Further reading

• analogon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• analogon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego