HyperDic: heteronym

English > 1 sense of the word heteronym:
NOUNcommunicationheteronymtwo words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
English > heteronym: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningTwo words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation.
Example"the word 'bow' is an example of a heteronym"
BroaderwordA unit of language that native speakers can identify
Spanishheterónimo
Catalanheterònim

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict