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Meaning of "paranym" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARANYM

paranym  [ˈpærəˌnɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARANYM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paranym is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARANYM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of paranym in the English dictionary

The definition of paranym in the dictionary is a euphemism, a word or phrase whose literal meaning is different from what it actually refers to.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARANYM


autonym
ˈɔːtəˌnɪm
caconym
ˈkækəˌnɪm
eponym
ˈɛpəˌnɪm
ethnonym
ˈeθnəˌnɪm
exonym
ˈɛksəˌnɪm
heteronym
ˈhɛtərəʊˌnɪm
hypernym
ˈhaɪpəˌnɪm
meronym
ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm
mononym
ˈmɒnəʊˌnɪm
pseudonym
ˈsjuːdəˌnɪm
textonym
ˈtɛkstəˌnɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARANYM

parancenteses
paranephric
paranephros
paranete
parang
paranoia
paranoiac
paranoic
paranoically
paranoid
paranoidal
paranormal
paranormality
paranormally
paranthelia
paranthelion
paranthropus
paranymph
parapara
parapareses

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARANYM

allonym
anonym
antonym
cohyponym
cryptonym
homonym
hyponym
metonym
paronym
polyonym
retronym
synonym
tautonym
toponym

Synonyms and antonyms of paranym in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paranym» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARANYM

Find out the translation of paranym to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paranym from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paranym» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

paranym
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paranym
570 millions of speakers

English

paranym
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paranym
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

paranym
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

paranym
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paranym
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paranym
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paranym
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paranim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paranym
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

paranym
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paranym
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paranym
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paranym
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paranym
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पालघर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paranym
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paranym
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paranym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

paranym
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paranym
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

paranym
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paranym
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paranym
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paranym
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paranym

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARANYM»

The term «paranym» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.519 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARANYM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paranym» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paranym» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paranym

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARANYM»

Discover the use of paranym in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paranym and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Communicating in Science: Writing a Scientific Paper and ...
Philip Norman (1980) uses the term paranym for such opposites. In politics the use of paranyms is common, but scientists should not use them. 'Fig. 5 clearly shows' is common. Had clearly been omitted, a reader might believe the statement, ...
Vernon Booth, 1993
2
Storied Words: The Writer's Vocabulary and Its Origins
PARANYM—A near synonym (Greek para- means “near, alongside”). The danger with PARANYMS is that although they may share meanings with other words, the other meanings of these words may cause confusion. Thus although BUT and ...
Jeff Jeske, 2004
3
The Great Exemplar: Or, The Life of Our Ever-blessed Saviour ...
... it was a reasonable answer of Pericles, to one that asked him why be, being a philosophical and severe person, came to a wedding trimmed and adorned like a paranym, h ; " I come adorned to an adorned person," trimmed to a bridegroom.
Jeremy Taylor, 1859
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The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His ...
Nullus profecto ab Apostolorum a;vo illuxit dies, in quo Paranym- phis hisce caruit Sponsa Christi. Sed quid ego ista ? Sol in coelo est, lucetque. Etiam ipse ille presbyter Hieronymus, strenuus as- sertor sur gradus, discrimen hoc u primi ...
Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, 1808
5
Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
PARALAMP'SIS, 7iuoaAam/;<ti from naoa- laitnm, {naQa, and xuiiTtw, ' I shine,) ' Ishine at the side of.' A cicatrix on the transparent part of the eye. — Hippocr. PARALLAGMA, Chcvauekemcnl. PARALLAXIS, Chevauchement. PARANYM' PHUS ...
Robley Dunglison, 1845
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life ...
Nullus profecto ab Apostolorum aevo illuxit dies, in quo Paranym- phis hisce caruit Sponsa Christi. Sed quid ego ista r Sol in coelo est, lucetque. Etiam ipse ille presbyter Hieronymus, strenuus as- sertor sui gradus, discrimen hoc a. primi ...
Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.), Josiah Pratt, 1808
7
The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus, in English Verse: ...
The poet here addresses the boy, or paranym- pbus, whose particular province it was to wait on the bride, and attend her to the genial bed: he was chosen of noble birth; therefore wore the pratexta, or garb bordered with purple ; and was one ...
Gaius Valerius Catullus, 1795
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English Language Word Builder
... OILBIRD OMNIETY+ OPHIURAn ORTHROS+ OUGUIYA OUTROOP OWRELAY PADELLA PALMYRA PANGRAM PARANYM PARVENUe PATENCY+ PEDAGOGy PEISHWAh PENTACT PERIDOTe PETRALE PIASTRE PIERROT PILCROW ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
9
An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Laws and Political ...
Amongst the Romans, the wife, if a maiden, was led home by a paranym- phus, vujj.tpiUT'rjs ; if a widow, by a yrunuba. Godefroy's Notes on Cod. Just. v. 1. 1. 8 See Vis. iii. 1. 3. of the festi celebritas. Long. i. 1 6. 8. Greg. Turon. lib. iv. c. 45.
George Spence, 1826
10
Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
I! Paranym; h r<!on. Pan! on Parent. that these stars being of the second magnitude, may be too far distant from us to have a parallax ; however, although this may be the .cafe, yet it appears to him that the fixed stars have no parallax.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARANYM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paranym is used in the context of the following news items.
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Postcard from Perth: Fringe World Week 3
... piles of crates; between the stories, Haslam rearranges the crates in new shapes to a pulsing soundtrack by Toby Paramore (paranym). «Daily Review, Feb 15»
2
BC, Ontario police arrest 10, seize cash in massive marijuana bust
The seven-month investigation, dubbed “LIE SEE” in Ontario and “E-PARANYM” in British Columbia, ended Tuesday with the execution of 11 ... «Globe and Mail, Nov 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Paranym [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paranym>. May 2024 ».
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