English Explanatory Dictionary

homophene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.

Word forms

homophene homophenes

Etymology

From homo- +Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”).

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