how to say “synonym” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /]מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת
The Hebrew word for word is מילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /], which derives from the Aramaic root מ.ל.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /] meaning speech.
מילה is a feminine word, even though it doesn’t appear to be one in the plural: words are מילים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /].
A synonym is מילה נרדפת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /] – literally, a word chased/pursued (by another word, perhaps trying to catch up).
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /]יחסית לאנגלית, אין הרבה מילים נרדפות בעברית.
Relative to English, there aren’t many synonyms in Hebrew.
Another way of saying (a synonym for) synonym is שם נרדף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/מילה-נרדפת-#.m4a” /] – a chased/pursued name.