paronym

English

Etymology

Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”).

Noun

paronym (plural paronyms)

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1. (semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word.

   Synonym: isonym

2. (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word.

Related terms

• cognate
• paronymous

 

Translations

word derived from the same root/stem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同源詞／同源词 (zh) (tóngyuáncí), 同源词 (zh) (tóngyuáncí)

• German: Paronym (de) n, Paronymum n, Paronymon n, stammverwandtes Wort n
• Ido: paronimo (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 同根語 (どうこんご, dōkongo)
• Portuguese: parónimo (pt) m
• Russian: когна́т (ru) m (kognát) (formally), родственное сло́во n (rodstvennoje slóvo)
• Spanish: parónimo (es) m

word that sounds like another word

• Catalan: parònim (ca) m
• Dutch: paroniem (nl) n
• Esperanto: paronimo
• French: paronyme (fr) m
• Galician: parónimo m
• German: Paronym (de) n, Paronymon n
• Greek: παρώνυμο (el) n (parónymo)
• Hungarian: paronima, hasonló alakú szó
• Ido: paronimo (io)
• Interlingua: paronyme
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 類音語 (るいおんご, ruiongo)
• Polish: paronim (pl) m
• Portuguese: parónimo (pt) m
• Romanian: paronim (ro)
• Russian: паро́ним (ru) m (parónim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: паро̀ним m

  Roman: parònim (sh) m

• Spanish: parónimo (es) m