HOMOPHONE


Meaning of HOMOPHONE in English

/hom"euh fohn', hoh"meuh-/ , n.

1. Phonet. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.

2. a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English.

[ 1615-25; back formation from HOMOPHONOUS ]

Syn . See homonym .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .