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Pronunciation / Transliteration: paˈɾo.ni.mo
"Las palabras 'adoptivo' y 'aptativo' son parónimas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having the same derivation or root; cognate.
"The words 'industrious' and 'industrial' are paronymous terms with distinct modern meanings." - 2
Sounding alike or having a similar phonetic form, often confused with malapropisms or false friends.
"He mistakenly used the paronymous word 'affect' instead of 'effect'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin paronymus, originating from the Ancient Greek parōnymos, meaning 'derived from the same root' (formed from para- meaning 'beside, subsidiary' plus ὄνομα onoma meaning 'name'). Entering English in the 17th century, the term initially described words with a similar derivative origin and later expanded in linguistic terminology to denote words sounding alike or sharing a root connection.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Paronymous" is said worldwide
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paronyme
Transliteration: pa.ʁɔ.nim
"Ces deux mots sont paronymes l'un de l'autre."
paronymisch
Transliteration: paʁoˈnyːmɪʃ
"Die beiden Begriffe sind paronymisch verwandt."
paronimo
Transliteration: paˈrɔ.ni.mo
"Due parole paronime possono facilmente confondere chi legge."
parónimo
Transliteration: paˈɾo.ni.mo
"Las palabras 'adoptivo' y 'aptativo' son parónimas."
parónimo
Transliteration: paˈɾɔ.ni.mu
"Estes termos parónimos têm significados diferentes."
समरूपी
Transliteration: samarupi
"ये दोनों शब्द समरूपी (पैरॉनिमस) हैं।"
同根的
Transliteration: tóng gēn de
"这两个词是同根且音近的词汇。"
동음어의
Transliteration: dong-eum-e-ui
"이 두 단어는 서로 유사한 어원을 가진 파로님입니다."
準同義語の
Transliteration: jun dougigo no
"これらは発音が似ている準同義の語です。"
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