| NOUN | communication | polyphone, polyphonic letter | a letter that has two or more pronunciations |
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| Meaning | A letter that has two or more pronunciations. | |
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| Example | "'c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like 'k' in 'car' but like 's' in 'cell'" | |
| Synonym | polyphonic letter | |
| Broader | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
| Spanish | polifonía | |
| Catalan | polifonia | |
| Adjectives | polyphonic | having two or more phonetic values |
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