collateral form

English

Noun

collateral form (plural collateral forms)

1. (linguistics) A synonymous but not identical, coexisting form (variation) of a word, such as an accepted alternative spelling.

   Podgy is a collateral form of pudgy

Translations

coexisting form of a word

• Dutch: nevenvorm
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• homonym
• homophone
• synonym