"paronymous" meaning in English

See paronymous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From paronym + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paronym|ous}} paronym + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paronymous (not comparable)
  1. (semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Semantics
    Sense id: en-paronymous-en-adj-R8t~eaC5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
  2. (semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Semantics Translations (having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning): parònim (Catalan), paronimo (Esperanto), paronim (Hungarian), paronimo (Ido), parônimo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-paronymous-en-adj-W6GZSt25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics Disambiguation of 'having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: paronym, paronymy
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