HOMONYM


Meaning of HOMONYM in English

ˈhäməˌnim, ˈhōm- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin homonymum the same word used to denote different things, from Greek homōnymon, from neuter of homōnymos having the same name

1.

a. : homophone

b. : homograph

c. : one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as pool of water and pool the game)

2. : namesake

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

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