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homonym

/ˈhɒmənɪm/ noun

In Latin: homonymum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about homonym at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings.

Origin

From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- + -onym.

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homonym

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about homonym at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Origin

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about homonym at Wordnik → Where our words come from →