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/ˈpæɹənɪm/
without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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[ˈphæɹənɪm]
without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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/ˈpɛɹənɪm/
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A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: isonym
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: derivative
A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym.
Across languages
Translations 39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
парони́м
(paroním)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Chinese Mandarin :
同源詞 /同源词
(tóngyuáncí)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Esperanto :
paronimo
— word derived from the same root/stem
German :
Paronym
— word derived from the same root/stem
Hungarian :
azonos eredetű szó
— word derived from the same root/stem
Ido :
paronimo
— word derived from the same root/stem
Japanese :
同根語
(dōkongo)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Macedonian :
пароним
(paronim)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Portuguese :
parónimo
— word derived from the same root/stem
Russian :
когна́т
(kognát)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Russian :
родственное сло́во
(rodstvennoje slóvo)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Russian :
пароним
(paronim)
— word derived from the same root/stem
Spanish :
parónimo
— word derived from the same root/stem
Bulgarian :
парони́м
(paroním)
— word that sounds like another word
Catalan :
parònim
— word that sounds like another word
Dutch :
paroniem
— word that sounds like another word
Esperanto :
paronimo
— word that sounds like another word
Finnish :
kaltaissana
— word that sounds like another word
Finnish :
paronyymi
— word that sounds like another word
French :
paronyme
— word that sounds like another word
Galician :
parónimo
— word that sounds like another word
German :
Paronym
— word that sounds like another word
German :
Homöophon
— word that sounds like another word
Greek :
παρώνυμο
(parónymo)
— word that sounds like another word
Hungarian :
paronima
— word that sounds like another word
Hungarian :
hasonló alakú szó
— word that sounds like another word
Ido :
paronimo
— word that sounds like another word
Interlingua :
paronyme
— word that sounds like another word
Japanese :
類音語
(ruiongo)
— word that sounds like another word
Macedonian :
пароним
(paronim)
— word that sounds like another word
Polish :
paronim
— word that sounds like another word
Portuguese :
parónimo
— word that sounds like another word
Romanian :
paronim
— word that sounds like another word
Russian :
паро́ним
(parónim)
— word that sounds like another word
Serbo-Croatian :
паро̀ним
— word that sounds like another word
Serbo-Croatian :
parònim
— word that sounds like another word
Slovene :
blizuzvočnica
— word that sounds like another word
Slovene :
paronim
— word that sounds like another word
Spanish :
parónimo
— word that sounds like another word
