Definitions for homonymy
homonymy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homonymynoun

   the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homonymynoun

   The property of being a homonym.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homonymynoun

   Equivocation; ambiguity.

   Etymology: homonymie, French; ὁμονυμία.

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1. homonymy

   In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation), or homophones (equivocal words, that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument) are homonyms because they are homographs (though only the first two are homophones): so are the words see (vision) and sea (body of water), because they are homophones (though not homographs). A more restrictive and technical definition requires that homonyms be simultaneously homographs and homophones – that is to say they have identical spelling and pronunciation, but with different meanings. Examples are the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left (past tense of leave) and left (opposite of right). A distinction is sometimes made between true homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, which have a shared origin, such as mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal).The relationship between a set of homonyms is called homonymy, and the associated adjective is homonymous, homonymic, or in latin, equivocal. The adjective "homonymous" can additionally be used wherever two items share the same name, independent of how closely they are or are not related in terms of their meaning or etymology. For example, the name Ōkami is homonymous with the Japanese term for "wolf" (ōkami).

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1. homonymy

   Homonymy refers to the linguistic phenomenon in which two or more words have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins. These words can easily cause confusion due to their identical or similar forms, such as "bark" (the sound a dog makes) and "bark" (the outer layer of a tree).

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1. Homonymynoun

   sameness of name or designation; identity in relations

2. Homonymynoun

   sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity

3. Etymology: [Gr. : cf. F. homonymie.]

Matched Categories

1. • Linguistic Relation

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce homonymy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say homonymy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of homonymy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of homonymy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=homonymy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homonymy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=homonymy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonymy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homonymy
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=homonymy