homoglyph
English
Etymology
First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: hŏʹmōglĭf, IPA(key): /ˈhɒməʊɡlɪf/
Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
homoglyph (plural homoglyphs)
- A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents.
- 1938, Sylvanus Griswold Morley, The Inscriptions of Petén IV, page 43
- The E variant of the moon sign may perhaps be regarded as a homoglyph.
- 1990, NIAS Report, page 34
- The lower case “L”, Upper case “i”, and Numeral “One” are homoglyphs.
- 2007, Shinji Ido, Bukharan Tajik, page 4
- All the other consonant phonemes are transcribed into the homoglyphs of their IPA representations.
- 2009, Theodore Rosendorf, The Typographic Desk Reference, page 50
- The pair shown is the letter f and the guilder currency sign [ƒ]. Homoglyphs can also occur within the same writing system.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:homoglyph.
- 1938, Sylvanus Griswold Morley, The Inscriptions of Petén IV, page 43
Translations
A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents
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