同音異義語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	音	異	義	語
どう Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1	い Grade: 6	ぎ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 同音(どうおん) (dōon, “homophonous”) + 異義(いぎ) (igi, “different in meaning”) + 語(ご) (-go, “utterance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞ːo̞ɰ̃ iɡʲiɡo̞]
• (Tokyo) どーおんいぎご [dòóóń ígíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [6])

Noun

同(どう)音(おん)異(い)義(ぎ)語(ご) • (dōon igigo) 

1. (linguistics) a homophone (words with the same pronunciation)

   Synonym: 同音語 (dōongo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	音	異	義	語

Noun

同音異義語 • (dong'eumiuieo) (hangeul 동음이의어)

1. hanja form^? of 동음이의어 (“homophone”)