Meanings
adjectiveparasynthetic (not comparable)
- not comparablegrammarBeing a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously, without “intermediate” forms.
Origin
From Ancient Greek παρασύνθετος (parasúnthetos) + -ic, from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σύνθετος (súnthetos, “compound, composite”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish parasynteettinen
- parasynteettinenformed by multiple changes
French parasynthétique
- parasynthétiqueformed by multiple changes
German parasynthetisch
- parasynthetischformed by multiple changes
Hungarian paraszintetikus
- paraszintetikusformed by multiple changes
Italian parasintetico
- parasinteticoformed by multiple changes
Polish parasyntetyczny
- parasyntetycznyformed by multiple changes
Portuguese parasintético
- parasintéticoformed by multiple changes
Romanian parasintetic
- parasinteticformed by multiple changes
Cite this entry
APA
parasynthetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthetic
MLA
“parasynthetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasynthetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasynthetic.
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