HETERONYM


Meaning of HETERONYM in English

[ 'hɛtərə(ʊ)nɪm ]

■ noun Linguistics

1》 each of two or more words which are spelled identically but have different sounds and meanings (e.g. tear 1 and tear 2 ).

2》 each of two or more words which are used to refer to the identical thing in different geographical areas of a speech community, e.g. nappy and diaper .

Derivatives

~ic adjective

~ous adjective

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.