homonym

From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”).^[2][3] By surface analysis, homo- +‎ -onym.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒmənɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmənɪm/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmənɪm

homonym (plural homonyms)

2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

   Hypernyms: word, term

   Hyponyms: homograph (same spelling), homophone (same sound)

   2. (semantics, strictly) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.

      Hypernyms: word, term

      Coordinate term: polyseme

   3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

• Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
  • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
  • the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense)
  • the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

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homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme)

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