paronyme

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

paronyme

borrowed from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος parónumos (bearing a similar name, derived from another word), from παρά and ὄνομα.

Definition

linguistique

Plural

paronymes

Anagram

pyromane

Translations

  • germangerman:Paronym
  • englishenglish:quasi-homophone
  • spanishspanish:parónimo
  • italianitalian:paronimo
  • japanesejapanese:類音語
  • polishpolish:paronim
  • portugueseportuguese:parônima

See also

paronymique (adj.) paronymie (cn.)