# paronomasia
## English
### Etymology

From Latin paronomasia, from Ancient Greek παρονομασία (paronomasía, “play upon words which sound alike”), from παρα- (para-) + ὀνομασία (onomasía, “naming”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pæɹənɵˈmeɪzɪə/, /pæɹənɵˈmeɪʒə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

paronomasia (countable and uncountable, plural paronomasias)
* (rhetoric) A pun or play on words.
** 1936 Ian Hay: Housemaster. London Hodder & Stoughton p. 234
    Oh, by the way, any attempt to present me with any kind of testimonial will result in stern measures. And when I say stern measures, I am indulging in a paronomasia, or play on words! Good night.
** 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:Ev’rywhere but at Norfolk, where talk of Passion far outweighs its Enactment,– indeed, the Sailors’ paronomasia for that wretched Place, is ‘No-Fuck’.
* (rhetoric) The use of puns.
** [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 88:Paronomasia to the sense alludes, When words but little varied it includes.]
** 1984, Anthony Burgess, Enderby's Dark Lady:[…] he gloomily regarded his new digital watch, faintly fascinated by the onward march of the square figures which turned one into the other with insolent ease, a kind of numerical paronomasia.

#### Related terms

* paronomasiac
* paronomasic
* paronomastic

#### Translations
### References

* Silva Rhetoricae

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin paronomasia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑronoˌmɑsiɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝ro̞no̞ˌmɑ̝s̠iɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑsiɑ
* Hyphenation: pa‧rono‧masia

### Noun

paronomasia
* paronomasia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of paronomasia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
paronomasiani
paronomasiani
accusative
nom.
paronomasiani
paronomasiani
gen.
paronomasiani
genitive
paronomasiani
paronomasioideni paronomasioitteni paronomasiaini $^{rare}$
partitive
paronomasiaani
paronomasioitani
inessive
paronomasiassani
paronomasioissani
elative
paronomasiastani
paronomasioistani
illative
paronomasiaani
paronomasioihini
adessive
paronomasiallani
paronomasioillani
ablative
paronomasialtani
paronomasioiltani
allative
paronomasialleni
paronomasioilleni
essive
paronomasianani
paronomasioinani
translative
paronomasiakseni
paronomasioikseni
abessive
paronomasiattani
paronomasioittani
instructive
comitative
—paronomasioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
paronomasiasi
paronomasiasi
accusative
nom.
paronomasiasi
paronomasiasi
gen.
paronomasiasi
genitive
paronomasiasi
paronomasioidesi paronomasioittesi paronomasiaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
paronomasiaasi
paronomasioitasi
inessive
paronomasiassasi
paronomasioissasi
elative
paronomasiastasi
paronomasioistasi
illative
paronomasiaasi
paronomasioihisi
adessive
paronomasiallasi
paronomasioillasi
ablative
paronomasialtasi
paronomasioiltasi
allative
paronomasiallesi
paronomasioillesi
essive
paronomasianasi
paronomasioinasi
translative
paronomasiaksesi
paronomasioiksesi
abessive
paronomasiattasi
paronomasioittasi
instructive
comitative
—paronomasioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
paronomasiamme
paronomasiamme
accusative
nom.
paronomasiamme
paronomasiamme
gen.
paronomasiamme
genitive
paronomasiamme
paronomasioidemme paronomasioittemme paronomasiaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
paronomasiaamme
paronomasioitamme
inessive
paronomasiassamme
paronomasioissamme
elative
paronomasiastamme
paronomasioistamme
illative
paronomasiaamme
paronomasioihimme
adessive
paronomasiallamme
paronomasioillamme
ablative
paronomasialtamme
paronomasioiltamme
allative
paronomasiallemme
paronomasioillemme
essive
paronomasianamme
paronomasioinamme
translative
paronomasiaksemme
paronomasioiksemme
abessive
paronomasiattamme
paronomasioittamme
instructive
comitative
—paronomasioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
paronomasianne
paronomasianne
accusative
nom.
paronomasianne
paronomasianne
gen.
paronomasianne
genitive
paronomasianne
paronomasioidenne paronomasioittenne paronomasiainne $^{rare}$
partitive
paronomasiaanne
paronomasioitanne
inessive
paronomasiassanne
paronomasioissanne
elative
paronomasiastanne
paronomasioistanne
illative
paronomasiaanne
paronomasioihinne
adessive
paronomasiallanne
paronomasioillanne
ablative
paronomasialtanne
paronomasioiltanne
allative
paronomasiallenne
paronomasioillenne
essive
paronomasiananne
paronomasioinanne
translative
paronomasiaksenne
paronomasioiksenne
abessive
paronomasiattanne
paronomasioittanne
instructive
comitative
—paronomasioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
paronomasiansa
paronomasiansa
accusative
nom.
paronomasiansa
paronomasiansa
gen.
paronomasiansa
genitive
paronomasiansa
paronomasioidensa paronomasioittensa paronomasiainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
paronomasiaansa
paronomasioitaan paronomasioitansa
inessive
paronomasiassaan paronomasiassansa
paronomasioissaan paronomasioissansa
elative
paronomasiastaan paronomasiastansa
paronomasioistaan paronomasioistansa
illative
paronomasiaansa
paronomasioihinsa
adessive
paronomasiallaan paronomasiallansa
paronomasioillaan paronomasioillansa
ablative
paronomasialtaan paronomasialtansa
paronomasioiltaan paronomasioiltansa
allative
paronomasialleen paronomasiallensa
paronomasioilleen paronomasioillensa
essive
paronomasianaan paronomasianansa
paronomasioinaan paronomasioinansa
translative
paronomasiakseen paronomasiaksensa
paronomasioikseen paronomasioiksensa
abessive
paronomasiattaan paronomasiattansa
paronomasioittaan paronomasioittansa
instructive
comitative
—paronomasioineen paronomasioinensa :

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin paronomasia.

### Noun

paronomasia f (plural paronomasie)
* paronomasia

#### Related terms

* paronomastico

### Further reading

* paronomasia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρονομασία (paronomasía, “play upon words which sound alike”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /pa.ro.noˈma.si.a/, [pärɔnɔˈmäs̠iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /pa.ro.noˈma.si.a/, [päronoˈmäːs̬iä]

### Noun

paronomasia f (genitive paronomasiae); first declension
* A figure of speech; pun or play on words which sound alike but have different meanings, paronomasia.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (paronomasia): agnōminātiō

#### Descendants

* Catalan: paronomàsia
* French: paronomase
* English: paronomasia
* Italian: paronomasia
* Portuguese: paronomásia
* Spanish: paronomasia

### References

* “paronomasia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* paronomasia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “paronomasia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Ryan Stark, Rhetoric, Science, and Magic in Seventeenth-Century England (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009), 190-95.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾonoˈmasja/ [pa.ɾo.noˈma.sja]
* Rhymes: -asja
* Syllabification: pa‧ro‧no‧ma‧sia

### Noun

paronomasia f (plural paronomasias)
* paronomasia

### Further reading

* “paronomasia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10