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What do you call the words that are spelled the same and mean the same in two different languages?
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The words that have identical or similar spelling in more than one language are considered cognates, that is, they share the same root word or source. (The more technical meaning of cognate does not require the word to mean the same thing.)
English and Spanish share some words such as
- actor, color, director, doctor, Horror
- animal, general, hospital, manual, moral
Non-identical cognates :
- -ist/-ista words : artista, turista
- -ism/-ismo words : mechanismo
- -nce/-ncia words : experiencia, inteligencia
- -ty/dad words : securidad, universidad
- -tion/-cion words : combinacion, instrucción
- -y / -ia words : agencia, familia
- -y/ -io words : testimonio, diccionario
English and French have identical words
- adorable, variable, possible, certain
- bureau, chef, client, permanent
- date, note, minute, route, service
Non-identical cognates :
- accented : téléphone, télévision
- -k / que : banque, cheque
- m for n : confortable
- y for ie : pharmacie
- y for aire : nécessaire, dictionnaire, extraordinaire
- others : bleu, cinéma, difficile, docteur, papier, personne, supermarché
* There are also so-called false cognates such as "coin" - the English meaning is monetary, while the French meaning is corner.
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What do we call words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings?
We call them homophones.
What do you call words that are spelled the same but differ in pronunciations and meaning?
Words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations and meanings are called homographs.
What do you call two word that are sound the same but are spelled different and have different meaning?
Homophones are two words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Examples include "they're," "there," and "their."
Drapel is the word leopard spelled backwords what do you call such words?
Words that spell a different word when spelled backwards are called anagrams.
What do you call a word that sounds and spells the same in two different languages?
A word that sounds and is spelled the same in two different languages is called a cognate. This usually occurs when two languages share a common origin or have influenced each other throughout history.
What do we call words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings?
We call them homophones.
What do you call words that are spelled the same but differ in pronunciations and meaning?
Words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations and meanings are called homographs.
What do you call the words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meaning?
homophone
What do you call a word that can be spelled backwards and forwards as 2 different words?
An anadrome.
What do you call words that mean the same but are spelled different?
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Words that both sound the same and are spelled the same and both homonyms (same sound) Fair, as in country fair and fair as in reasonable for example
What do you call a pair of words that are spelled the same but have different meanings?
Homonyms are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Examples include "bat" (flying mammal) and "bat" (equipment used in sports).
What do you call words that are spelled the same in the same language but have different meanings?
those words are called homophones
Indian word for direction?
There are many Indian languages and hence there would be different words. In Hindi, you call it 'disha'.
What do you call words which spelled the same forwards and backwards?
palindrome
What do you call words which are spelled the came forwards and backwards?
palindromes
What do you call words that sound the same but spelled diffrently?
They are homophones.
What do you call words spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Palindromes
