antonyme

See also: Antonyme

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)lbor.

French anti-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Hellenic *ónomə

Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)

Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)der.

Ancient Greek -ώνυμον (-ṓnumon)bor.

New Latin -ōnymumlbor.

French -onyme

French antonyme

Coined in the 19th century from anti- +‎ -onyme (noun-forming suffix), modelled after synonyme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tɔ.nim/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

antonyme m (plural antonymes)

1. antonym (word which has the opposite meaning)

   Coordinate terms: synonyme, homonyme

Descendants

• → English: antonym
• → Russian: антоним (antonim)
  • → Georgian: ანტონიმი (anṭonimi)
  • → Kazakh: антоним (antonıym)

Further reading

• “antonyme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• moyennât

Swedish

Adjective

antonyme

1. definite natural masculine singular of antonym