paronomase
French, noun/pa.ʁɔ.nɔ.maz/
paronomase is spelled P-A-R-O-N-O-M-A-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paronomase is a French feminine noun meaning “paronomasia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rapprochement de mots aux sonorités proches, jouant ainsi sur la paronymie”.
What does paronomase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparonomasia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rapprochement de mots aux sonorités proches, jouant ainsi sur la paronymie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paronomase
- paronomases plural
- paranomase
- paronomasie archaic obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paronomase?
- /pa.ʁɔ.nɔ.maz/
- \pa.ʁɔ.nɔ.maz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paronomase in French?
paronomase appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).