paragoge

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈɡoʊd͡ʒi/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈɡoʊd͡ʒi/

Noun

paragoge (countable and uncountable, plural paragoges)

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

Examples (grammar, prosody)
without + -en => withouten

Synonyms

• ecstasis
• epithesis

Coordinate terms

• epenthesis
• prothesis

Derived terms

• paragogic

Translations

the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word

• Breton: lostkresk m
• Bulgarian: парагога f (paragoga)
• Danish: paragoge, endeforlængelse
• French: paragoge (fr) f
• Greek: παραγωγοί (el) f (paragogoí)

  Ancient Greek: παραγωγή f (paragōgḗ)

• Hungarian: paragogé
• Italian: paragoge f
• Latin: paragōgē f
• Macedonian: парагога f (paragoga)
• Portuguese: paragoge (pt) f
• Romanian: paragogă (ro) f
• Spanish: paragoge (es) f
• Welsh: ôl-osodiad m

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡɔ.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɔdʒe
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧gò‧ge

Noun

paragoge f (plural paragogi)

1. (grammar, prosody) paragoge

   Synonym: epitesi

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ)

Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ)der.

Latin paragōgē

Derived from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.raˈɡoː.ɡeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.raˈɡɔː.d͡ʒe]

Noun

paragōgē f (genitive paragōgēs); first declension

1. (Late Latin, grammar, prosody) paragoge

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	paragōgē	paragōgae
genitive	paragōgēs	paragōgārum
dative	paragōgae	paragōgīs
accusative	paragōgēn	paragōgās
ablative	paragōgē	paragōgīs
vocative	paragōgē	paragōgae

References

• “paragoge”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paragoge”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

See also: protese

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ)

Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ)der.

Late Latin paragōgēlbor.

Portuguese paragoge

Learned borrowing from Late Latin paragōgē, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈɡɔ.ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/ [pɐ.ɾɐˈɣɔ.ʒɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/ [pɐ.ɾɐˈɣɔ.ʒɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧go‧ge

Noun

paragoge f (plural paragoges)

1. (phonetics) paragoge (prepending of phonemes at the end of a word)

Further reading

• “paragoge”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paragoge”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “paragoge”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “paragoge”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ)

Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ)der.

Late Latin paragōgēlbor.

Spanish paragoge

Learned borrowing from Late Latin paragōgē, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈɡoxe/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞o.xe]
• Rhymes: -oxe
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧go‧ge

Noun

paragoge f (plural paragoges)

1. paragoge

Related terms

• paragógico

Further reading

• “paragoge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025