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Meaning of "paronomasy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARONOMASY

paronomasy  [ˌpærəˈnɒməsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARONOMASY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paronomasy 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARONOMASY


animacy
ˈænɪməsɪ
Christmassy
ˈkrɪsməsɪ
contumacy
ˈkɒntjʊməsɪ
diathermacy
ˌdaɪəˈθɜːməsɪ
diplomacy
dɪˈpləʊməsɪ
docimasy
ˈdɒsɪməsɪ
humusy
ˈhjuːməsɪ
illegitimacy
ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪməsɪ
intimacy
ˈɪntɪməsɪ
monochromasy
ˌmɒnəʊˈkrəʊməsɪ
pharmacy
ˈfɑːməsɪ
polypharmacy
ˌpɒlɪˈfɑːməsɪ
primacy
ˈpraɪməsɪ
supremacy
sʊˈprɛməsɪ
ultimacy
ˈʌltɪməsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARONOMASY

parole
parole board
parole hearing
parole officer
parole violation
parolee
paronomasia
paronomastic
paronomastical
paronomastically
paronychia
paronychial
paronym
paronymic
paronymous
paronymously
paronymy
paroquet
parore
parosmia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARONOMASY

apostasy
creasy
easy
easy-peasy
ecstasy
fantasy
free and easy
greasy
idiosyncrasy
isostasy
jasy
Malagasy
non-greasy
overeasy
phantasy
queasy
speakeasy
stand easy
take it easy
uneasy

Synonyms and antonyms of paronomasy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paronomasy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARONOMASY

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

Translator English - Chinese

paronomasy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paronomasy
570 millions of speakers

English

paronomasy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paronomasy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

paronomasy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

paronomasy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paronomasy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paronomasy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paronomasy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paronomasy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paronomasy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

paronomasy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paronomasy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paronomasy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paronomasy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paronomasy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परानोम्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paronomasy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paronomasy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paronomasy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

paronomasy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paronomasy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

paronomasy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paronomasy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paronomasy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paronomasy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paronomasy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARONOMASY»

The term «paronomasy» is used very little and occupies the 161.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARONOMASY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paronomasy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paronomasy» 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 paronomasy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARONOMASY»

Discover the use of paronomasy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paronomasy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Transcendental Wordplay: America's Romantic Punsters and the ...
Thus he long contemplated writing “An Apology for Paronomasy, alias Punning.” He wanted to defend such turns of words “by proving that Language itself is formed upon associations of this kind, that possibly the sensus genericus of whole ...
Michael West, 2000
2
The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the 11th to ...
For the deliverance from so perilous a situation, he complimented the earl in a copy of English verses, two of which, containing a most miserable paronomasy on his own name, almost bad enough to have condemned the writer to another ...
Thomas Warton (jr.), Joseph Ritson, dr. George Ashby, 1824
3
The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His ...
What then are these wild, or, as Pagnine renders it, Uvceputid<e, t rotten grapes? God hath not left it to our guess ; but hath plainly told us verse T, in an elegant paronomasy ; / looked for ®S)DDjudg~ merit; and behold nsu?D a wound or scab , ...
Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, 1808
4
An appendix to his dramatic works. Contents: the life of the ...
By popular abuse and paronomasy, (like. jacere, cacare) as it were, a stall' or thread, on which crystallizes a numerous quantity of notions. Originally it is said to be a deminutive of John, or Jaques; often a term of contempt, contemptible thing; ...
William Shakespeare, 1826
5
A Dictionary in English and Bengalee; Translated from Todd's ...
মৌখিক, মৌখিকবকেঙ্গোন্বন্ধ'ক্টয় I Parole, n. s. Fr. 1.fi$'f§3 অঙ্গীকরেম্ব কবুল, কএদিব্যক্তি দে'ণ্যন্তর না যাওনের অঙ্গীকার করিয়া খালাস পার তাহা | Paronomasia. বা Paronomasy, n. s. শব্দচিত্র কর্টুব্যৰিত্তশষ, অলষ্কার শাত্রের রীতিৰিশেষ, যাহাতে ...
Ram-Comul Sen, 1834
6
Of the light of nature: a discourse
3. in that elegant paronomasy, Mi) inrepcppovelv irap o Bel <f>povelv, aXka <j> poveiv et? to acoippovelv.' Dillingham, in the dedication to Tuckney, acknowledges his kindness to the author, 'especially when he lay under the discipline of so ...
Nathanael Culverwel, 1857
7
A New and Improved Standard French and English and English ...
... sm. double stake (at faro, &c). Faire — ; to double. Rendre le — a quelqu'un ; to outdo one. PARONOMASE, if. a play upon words, paro- nomasy, pun. PAKONOMASIE, sf. resemblance between words of different languages, paronomasy.
Alexander G. Collot, 1856
8
Flugel's Complete Dictionary of the German and English Languages
-n) Rh. T. paronomasy. aror98mu3, m. ( — ) pi ^parorrjgmen) paroxysm, fit. (-eg) front (reserved) seats in th< pit. •arquertfuf boben, m. inlaid floor. 'art/ m. share, part ; party ; ,-/''..•. id) fur meintn — (meine — ), as for me. spartagetontratt, m.
C. A. Feiling, A. Heimann, 1843
9
His Miscellaneous Poems
By popular abuse and paronomasy, (like jacere, cacare) as it were, a staff or thread, on which crystallizes at numerous quantity of notions. Originally it is said to be a deminutive of John, or Jaques; often a term of contempt, PVT. 1, 2. towards ...
William Shakespeare, Augustine Skottowe, 1826
10
The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life ...
God hath not left it to our guess ; but hath plainly told us verse 1, in an elegant paronomasy ; / looked for toSWOJudg- inent ; and behold riDUO a wound or scab , that is, oppression: I looked j "or npTV justice; and behold r\pyx clamour.
Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.), Josiah Pratt, 1808

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Paronomasy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paronomasy>. Apr 2024 ».
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