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paragoge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɛɹəˈɡoʊd͡ʒi/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˌpæɹəˈɡoʊd͡ʒi/ (General-American)
  • /ˌpæɹəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Late Latin paragoge, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paragoges Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

prothesis · epenthesis

Deriveds

paragogic

Synonyms

epithesis · ecstasis

Translations (15)

la paragōgē (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · fr paragoge (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · it paragoge (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · br lostkresk (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · el παραγωγοί (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · da paragoge (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · pt paragoge (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · cy ôl-osodiad (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · bg парагога (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · grc παραγωγή (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · ro paragogă (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · es paragoge (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · hu paragogé (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · mk парагога (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word) · da endeforlængelse (the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word)