parónimo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈɾɔ̃.ni.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈɾɔ.ni.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈɾɔ.ni.mu/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ró‧ni‧mo
Noun
parónimo m (plural parónimos)
- paronym (word with same root as other word)
- paronym, near-homophone (word with similar pronunciation as other word)
Adjective
parónimo (feminine parónima, masculine plural parónimos, feminine plural parónimas)
- paronymous (having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning)
- As palavras "comprimento" e "cumprimento" são parónimas.
- The words "comprimento" and "cumprimento" are paronyms.
Further reading
- “parónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈɾonimo/ [paˈɾo.ni.mo]
- Rhymes: -onimo
- Syllabification: pa‧ró‧ni‧mo
Noun
parónimo m (plural parónimos)
- paronym (word with same root as other word)
Related terms
Further reading
- “parónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024