homophone
adjectivecommon noun
Syllable Decomposition
homophonefrom Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος homophonos (homophonos). The adjective and the noun were introduced by Champollion in 1822 and 1824 respectively.
Definitions
- linguistique
Plural
homophones
Hyperonym
Hyponym
Translations
german:Homophon
english:homophone
spanish:homófono
greek:ομόφωνος
italian:omofono
dutch:homofoon
polish:homofon
portuguese:homófono
swedish:homofon
See also
homophonie (cn.) homophones (adj.)