English Explanatory Dictionary

homonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
  2. A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
  3. A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒmənɪm/ /ˈhɑmənɪm/ en-us-homonym.ogg

Word forms

homonym homonyms

Etymology

From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- + -onym.

Related words

identical same homophone & homograph homophone different homophone & heterograph alternative spelling synonym heterophone & heterograph heteronym heterophone & homograph alternative pronunciation distinct

Derived words

hemihomonym homonymic homonymophobia homonymous homonymphobia homonymy

Translations

Albanian: homonim Armenian: համանուն Bulgarian: омоним Catalan: homònim Crimean Tatar: omonim Czech: homonymum Danish: homonym Dutch: homoniem Esperanto: homonimo Finnish: homonymia French: homonyme Georgian: ომონიმი German: Homonym German: Homonymum Greek: ομώνυμο Greek: ομώνυμος Ancient Greek: ὁμώνυμος Hebrew: הוֹמוֹנִים Hungarian: homonima Hungarian: azonos alakú szó Ido: homonimo Indonesian: homonim Japanese: 同音異義語 Japanese: 同音語 Khmer: កល្បពាក្យ Korean: 동음이의어 Kumyk: аваздаш Latin: homonymum Malayalam: നാനാർത്ഥം Manx: co-ennym Māori: kupu huarite Polish: homonim Portuguese: homónimo Portuguese: homônimo Romanian: omonim Russian: омо́ним Serbo-Croatian: homonim Slovene: enakozvočnica Slovene: homonim Spanish: homónimo Swedish: homonym Tamil: பல்பொருள் ஒருசொல் Thai: คำพ้องความหมาย Turkish: homonim Turkish: sesteş Ukrainian: омо́нім Venetan: omònemo
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