homophone
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Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
homophone (plural homophones)
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat.[1][2]
- A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
Related terms[edit]
- homophonous (adjective)
Usage notes[edit]
A homophone is a type of homonym in the loose sense of that term (a word which sounds or is spelled the same as another). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) A homograph is a word with the same spelling as another but a completely unrelated meaning. Homographs are not necessarily homophones.
Translations[edit]
words with the same pronunciation
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References[edit]
- ^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophone
- ^ http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/homophone?view=uk
See also[edit]
An Euler diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.
| nym | Sound | Spelling | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| homonym | same | same | |
| heteronym | different | same | (cat) |
| homograph | not specified | same | |
| homophone | same | different | (cat) |
| heterophone | different | different | |
| synonym | different | different |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔmɔfɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔn
- Homophone: homophones
Adjective[edit]
homophone (masculine and feminine, plural homophones)
Noun[edit]
homophone m (plural homophones)
See also[edit]
Homophone on the French Wikipedia.fr.Wikipedia
External links[edit]
- "homophone" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
