/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 .