HyperDic: homonym

English > 1 sense of the word homonym:
NOUNcommunicationhomonymtwo words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
homonym > pronunciation
Soundshhao'mahnihm
Rhymesacronym ... whim: 31 rhymes with ihm...
English > homonym: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningTwo words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
NarrowerhomographTwo words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning / meaning (e.g. fair)
homophoneTwo words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning / meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
BroaderwordA unit of language that native speakers can identify
Spanishhomonímia, homonimia, homonimo, homónimo
Catalanhomonímia, homònim
Adjectiveshomonymic, homonymousof or related to or being homonyms

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