homophone
A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning…A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
» The words "knight” and "night" are homophones.
В англійській мові, слова "knight” та "night" - омофони.
Слова "knight” та "night" — омофони.
Meaning
2 sensesA word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
Homophon
омофо́нomofón
two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
Examples
9 sentencesThe words "knight” and "night" are homophones.
В англійській мові, слова "knight” та "night" - омофони.
This phenomenon creates homophones in spoken language.
"Stroganoff" has a hilarious near-homophone in the English language.
There are not few untranslatable jokes based on some homophone.
"Air" and "heir" are homophones.
de„air“ und „heir“ sind Homophone.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From French homophone; equivalent to homo- (“same”) + -phone (“sound”).From French homophone; equivalent to homo- (“same”) + -phone (“sound”).
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Forms
plural: homophones| Singular | homophone |
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regular