paronym

English

Etymology

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

Noun

paronym (plural paronyms)

(semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word.
(rare) A word that sounds like another word.

Synonyms

(word derived from the same root/stem): isonym

Related terms

Translations

word derived from the same root/stem

Chinese:
Mandarin: 同源詞 (zh), 同源词 (zh) (tóngyuáncí)
German: Paronym (de) n, Paronymum n, Paronymon n, stammverwandtes Wort n
Ido: paronimo (io)

Japanese: 同根語 (どうこんご, dōkongo)
Portuguese: parónimo (pt) m
Russian: когнат (ru) m (kognát) (formally), родственное слово (rodstvennoye slovo)
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

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: пароним m

Roman: paronim (sh) m
Spanish: parónimo (es) m

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