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homophone

  (hŏm'ə-fōn', hō'mə-) pronunciation
n.

One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.

homophonous ho·moph'o·nous (hō-mŏf'ə-nəs) adj.
 
 

homophone, a word that is pronounced in the same way as another word but differs in meaning and/or in spelling; thus a kind of homonym. Examples of this identity of sound, known as homophony, include maid/made and left (opposite of right)/left (abandoned). Homophony is often exploited in puns.

Adjective: homophonic.

 
Grammar Dictionary: homophones
(hom-uh-fohnz, hoh-muh-fohnz)

Two words that sound alike. This category includes words that are spelled the same, such as trunk (of an elephant) and trunk (a storage chest), as well as words spelled differently, such as deer and dear.

 
WordNet: homophone
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)


 
Translations: Translations for: Homophone

Dansk (Danish)
n. - enslydende ord/bogstaver, homofon

Nederlands (Dutch)
homofoon, gelijkklinkende letter

Français (French)
n. - homophone

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ling.) Homophon

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ομόηχο, ομόηχη λέξη

Italiano (Italian)
omofono

Português (Portuguese)
n. - homófono (m) (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
имеющий одинаковое звучание

Español (Spanish)
n. - homófono

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - homofon (språkv.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
同音字

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 同音字

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동음자, 이형동음이의어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 異形同音異義語, 同音異字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اللفظه المتجانسه, احد لفظتين أو أكثر متماثله في اللفظ مختلفه في المعنى أو الاشتقاق أو الرسم أي, الاملاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילה הנשמעת כמילה אחרת אך נבדלת ממנה במשמעותה, הומופון‬


 
 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Literary Dictionary. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Copyright © Chris Baldick 2001, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more
Grammar Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more
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