homophone
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
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homophone (plural homophones)
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.[1][2]
- A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
Usage notes
A homophone is a type of homonym in the loose sense of that term (a word which sounds or is spelled the same as another). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) A homograph is a word with the same spelling as another but a completely unrelated meaning. Homographs are not necessarily homophones.
Related terms
- homophonous (adjective)
Translations
words with the same pronunciation
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See also
An Euler diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.
| nym | Sound | Spelling | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| homonym | same | same | |
| heteronym | different | same | (cat) |
| homograph | not specified | same | |
| homophone | same | different | (cat) |
| heterophone | different | different | |
| synonym | different | different |
- Appendix:English dialect-independent homophones
References
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.mɔ.fɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔn
- Homophone: homophones
Adjective
homophone (plural homophones)
Noun
homophone m (plural homophones)
See also
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Further reading
- “homophone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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