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1. (n.) homonym
a word the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning, as chase“to pursue” and chase“to ornament metal.”
2. homonym
a namesake.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L homōnymum < Gk homṒnymon, neut. of homṒnymoshomonymous)
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| Definition of 'Homonym' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) homonym
two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
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| Definition of 'Homonym' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Homonym
a word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear
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Sense: a word having the same sound as another word, but a different meaning
The words `there' and `their' are homonyms.
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 Afrikaans: homoniem |
 Arabic: لَفظَة مُتجانِسَة في اللف |
 Bulgarian: омоним |
 Brazilian: homônimo |
 Czech: homonymum |
 German: das Homonym |
 Danish: enslydende ord |
 Greek: ομώνυμο (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: homónimo |
 Estonian: homonüüm |
 Farsi: كلمه اي كه تلفظ آن با كلم |
 Finnish: homonyymi |
 French: homonyme |
 Hebrew: הוֹמוֹנִים |
 Hindi: श्रुतिसम, समनाम |
 Croatian: homonim |
 Hungarian: homonima |
 Indonesian: kata yang bunyinya sama t |
 Icelandic: eins-/samhljóða |
 Italian: omonimo |
 Japanese: 同音異義語 |
 Korean: 동음 이의어(異義語) |
 Lithuanian: homonimas |
 Latvian: homonīms |
 Malay: homonim |
 Dutch: homoniem |
 Norwegian: enslydende ord, homonym |
 Polish: homonim |
 Persian: كلمه اي كه تلفظ آن با كلم |
 Pashto: هغه کلمه چی تلفظ یی د بلی |
 Portuguese: homónimo |
 Romanian: omonim |
 Russian: омоним |
 Slovak: homonymum |
 Slovenian: enakozvočnica |
 Serbian: homonim |
 Swedish: homonym |
 Thai: คำพ้องรูปหรือคำพ้องเสียง |
 Turkish: sesdeş, eş sesli |
 Taiwanese: 同音異義詞 |
 Ukrainian: омонім |
 Urdu: دو ہم آواز لفظ جن کے معنی |
 Vietnamese: từ đồng âm khác nghĩa |
 Chinese: 同音异义词 |
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