parasynthesis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).

Noun

parasynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parasyntheses)

1. (grammar) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.
2. (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