homonym
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒm.əˌnɪm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.əˌnɪm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
homonym (plural homonyms)
- (semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
- (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
- (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
Usage notes[edit]
- Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
- die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
- the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense)
- the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
word with the same sound or spelling
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See also[edit]

An Euler diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.
nym | Sound | Spelling | Meaning | phone/graph |
---|---|---|---|---|
homonym | same | same | different | homophone & homograph |
heteronym (cat) | different | same | different | homograph |
heterograph | same | different | different | homophone (cat) |
heterophone | different | same | same | homograph |
synonym | different | different | same | — |
alternative spelling | same | different | same | homophone |
identical | same | same | same | not applicable |
distinct | different | different | different | — |
Further reading[edit]
homonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
homonym (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme)
Noun[edit]
homonym
- homonym
Declension[edit]
Declension of homonym
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | homonym | homonymet | homonymer | homonymerne |
genitive | homonyms | homonymets | homonymers | homonymernes |
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
homonym c
Declension[edit]
Declension of homonym | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | homonym | homonymen | homonymer | homonymerna |
Genitive | homonyms | homonymens | homonymers | homonymernas |
Categories:
- English words prefixed with homo-
- English words suffixed with -onym
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Semantics
- en:Taxonomy
- English abstract nouns
- en:Ambiguity
- English words suffixed with -nym
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns