Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paronymize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paronymize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert into a paronym.

Transitive verb

verb

To adapt a word from a foreign language by rendering it into a native form.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From paronym + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

paronymizes (present, singular) paronymizing (participle, present) paronymized (participle, past) paronymized (past)

Synonyms

naturalize

Questions

What does paronymize mean?
To convert into a paronym.
Where does paronymize come from?
From paronym + -ize.

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