| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| paronym \ˈpæɹ.ə.nɪm\ | paronyms \ˈpæɹ.ə.nɪmz\ |
paronym\ˈpæɹ.ə.nɪm\
Words are said to beParonyms when they are derived from the same root, whether that root belongs to the original English (Anglo-Saxon) stock, or has been introduced into the language from some other tongue. For instance, the following words areparonyms, being all derived from the Latin root, signifying toput orplace:compose,depose,interpose,oppose,dispose,impose,expose,repose,transpose,propose, andsuppose.— (John Mitchell Bonnell,A Manual of the Art of Prose Composition, 1867, page 38)
Paronyms are morphologically variant (and, for the most part meaning related, but not univocal)n-tuples derived (synchronically) from a common root. […] for example ‘explain’, ‘explanation’, ‘explicable’ and ‘explicability’, and, in Latin,explaneo andexplanatio.— (James F. Ross,Portraying Analogy, 1981,ISBN9780521238052, p. 137)
Two words areparonyms when their phonemic representations are similar but not identical.— (Salvatore Attardo,Linguistic Theories of Humor, 1994,ISBN9783110219029, pp. 110-111)