contronym

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From contr(a)- + -onym. Coined 1962 by Jack Herring. Note that the vowel of the suffix generally supersedes the vowel of the prefix, hence coined as contronym, rather than contranym.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَضْدَاد (ʔaḍdād) — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Catalan: autoantònim — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Finnish: kontranyymi — a word that has two opposing meanings
• French: énantiosème — a word that has two opposing meanings
• German: Januswort — a word that has two opposing meanings
• German: Antagonym — a word that has two opposing meanings
• German: Autoantonym — a word that has two opposing meanings
• German: Kontranym — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Hungarian: antagonima — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Hungarian: kontronima — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Polish: autoantonim — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Polish: kontranim — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Spanish: autoantónimo — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Spanish: contránimo — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Spanish: contrónimo — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Swedish: autoantonym — a word that has two opposing meanings
• Swedish: kontronym — a word that has two opposing meanings