parasynthesis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).

Noun

parasynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parasyntheses)

(grammar) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.
(grammar) The formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in multifaceted.

Derived terms

parasynthetic

Translations

Translations

Catalan: parasíntesi (ca) f
French: parasynthèse (fr) f
Galician: parasíntese (gl) f
German: Dekompositum (de) n, Parasynthetum n
Greek: παρασύνθεση (el) f (parasýnthesi)
Hungarian: paraszintézis
Italian: parasintesi f
Portuguese: parassíntese (pt) f
Spanish: parasíntesis (es) f

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