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# A word that is [[spell]]ed the same as another |
# A word that is [[spell]]ed the same as another word, usually having a different [[etymology]]. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 3 November 2012
See also: Homograph
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) homo-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ὁμός (homós) + (deprecated template usage) -graph, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) γράφος (gráphos).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/ˈhɒməɡrɑːf/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- (US) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/ˈhɑːməɡræf/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-homograph.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.,noicon (file)
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-homograph-2.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.noicon (file)
Noun
homograph (plural homographs)
Usage notes
Homographs are a kind of (deprecated template usage) homonym in the loose sense of that term, i.e. a word that is either a (deprecated template usage) homophone (same sound) or a (deprecated template usage) homograph (same spelling). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) Specifically, homographs must have the same spelling, though they usually have different meanings and may be pronounced differently.
- The verb (deprecated template usage) bear and the noun (deprecated template usage) bear are homographs with the same pronunciation and different etymological origins.
- The verb (deprecated template usage) alternate and the adjective (deprecated template usage) alternate are homographs with different pronunciations but close etymological origins. Such homographs are also heteronyms.
- The verb (deprecated template usage) meet and the noun (deprecated template usage) meat are not homographs since they have different spellings.
Related terms
Translations
word with the same spelling but different meaning
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See also
| Noun [[:Category:Lua error in Module:languages/templates at line 18: Parameter 1 is required. nouns|(cat)]] | Sound | Spelling | Meaning | phone/graph |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| homonym | same | same | different | homophone & homograph |
| heteronym [[:Category:Lua error in Module:languages/templates at line 18: Parameter 1 is required. heteronyms|(cat)]] | different | same | different | heterophone & homograph |
| homophone | same | different | different | homophone [[:Category:Lua error in Module:languages/templates at line 18: Parameter 1 is required. terms with homophones|(cat)]] & heterograph |
| alternative pronunciation | different | same | same | heterophone & homograph |
| synonym | different | different | same | heterophone & heterograph |
| alternative spelling | same | different | same | homophone & heterograph |
| identical | same | same | same | homophone & homograph |
| distinct | different | different | different | heterophone & heterograph |