"paronym" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: paronyms [plural]
Etymology: Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|παρώνυμος|t=derivative}} Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), {{af|en|para-|-onym}} para- + -onym Head templates: {{en-noun}} paronym (plural paronyms)
  1. (semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word. Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: isonym
    Sense id: en-paronym-en-noun-PyU0mk~5 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with para-, English terms suffixed with -nym, English terms suffixed with -onym Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nym: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onym: 78 22 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
  2. (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word. Tags: rare Translations (word that sounds like another word): parònim [masculine] (Catalan), paroniem [neuter] (Dutch), paronimo (Esperanto), kaltaissana (Finnish), paronyymi (Finnish), paronyme [masculine] (French), parónimo [masculine] (Galician), Paronym [neuter] (German), παρώνυμο (parónymo) [neuter] (Greek), paronima (Hungarian), hasonló alakú szó (Hungarian), paronimo (Ido), paronyme (Interlingua), 類音語 (ruiongo) (alt: るいおんご) (Japanese), пароним (paronim) [masculine] (Macedonian), paronim [masculine] (Polish), parónimo [masculine] (Portuguese), paronim (Romanian), паро́ним (parónim) [masculine] (Russian), паро̀ним [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), parònim [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), parónimo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-paronym-en-noun-4zPaWSYb Disambiguation of 'word that sounds like another word': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: paronymic, paronymize, paronymous, paronymy Translations: производна дума (proizvodna duma) (Bulgarian), 同源詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 同源词 (tóngyuáncí) (Chinese Mandarin), Paronym [neuter] (German), azonos eredetű szó (Hungarian), paronimo (Ido), 同根語 (dōkongo) (alt: どうこんご) (Japanese), пароним (paronim) [masculine] (Macedonian), parónimo [masculine] (Portuguese), когна́т (kognát) [formal, masculine] (Russian), родственное сло́во (rodstvennoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), parónimo [masculine] (Spanish)

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      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паро̀ним"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like another word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parònim"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like another word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parónimo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paronym"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'word derived from the same root/stem', 2: 'cognate#Noun', 3: 'derivative#Noun'}",
  "path": [
    "paronym",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "paronym",
  "trace": ""
}

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