parasynthesis

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noun

The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.

OriginAncient Greek παρασύνθεσις →
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Meanings

nounparasynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parasyntheses)

plural parasyntheses

  1. countableuncountablegrammarThe formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.
  2. countableuncountablegrammarThe formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in multifaceted.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαρασύνθεσις
  2. Englishparasynthesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).

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Translations

Catalan parasíntesi
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French parasynthèse
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German Dekompositum, Parasynthetum
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Greek παρασύνθεση
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Hungarian paraszintézis
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Italian parasintesi
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Polish parasynteza
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Portuguese parassíntese, derivação parassintética
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Spanish parasíntesis
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Cite this entry
APA

parasynthesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthesis

MLA

“parasynthesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthesis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasynthesis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthesis.

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