Pronunciation: p ə - ' rä-n ə -m ə s, pa-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek par ō nymos, from para- + - ō nymos (as in hom ō nymos homonymous)
Date: 1656
1 : CONJUGATE 4
2 a : formed from a word in another language b : having a form similar to that of a cognate foreign word