HOMONYM


Meaning of HOMONYM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhä-mə-ˌnim, ˈhō- ]

noun

Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek homōnymon, from neuter of homōnymos

Date: 1697

1.

a. : homophone

b. : homograph

c. : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail )

2. : namesake

3. : a taxonomic designation rejected as invalid because the identical term has been used to designate another group of the same rank — compare synonym

• hom·onym·ic ˌhä-mə-ˈni-mik, ˌhō- adjective

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