homonym

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English

Examples

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Comprehensive lists run to thousands of pairs and are available in reference works such as Hobbs 2006.[1]

Etymology

From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”).[2][3] By surface analysis, homo- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

Noun

homonym (plural homonyms)

  2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
    Hypernyms: word, term
    Hyponyms: homograph (same spelling), homophone (same sound)
    2. (semantics, strictly) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
      Hypernyms: word, term
      Coordinate term: polyseme
    3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Usage notes

  • Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
    • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
    • the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense)
    • the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Euler diagram of choice semantic relations.
Nyms (with category if any)
Noun (cat) Sound Spelling Meaning phone/graph
identical same same same homophone & homograph
homophone (cat) same different different homophone & heterograph
alternative spelling same different same homophone & heterograph
homonym same same different homophone & homograph
synonym different different same heterophone & heterograph
heteronym (cat) different same different heterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciation different same same heterophone & homograph
distinct different different different heterophone & heterograph

References

  1. ^ Hobbs, James B. Homophones and Homographs: An American Dictionary. 4th edition. McFarland and Company; 2006. →ISBN
  2. ^ “homonym, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ “homonym, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Danish

Adjective

homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme)

  1. homonymic

Noun

homonym

  1. homonym

Declension

Declension of homonym
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative homonym homonymet homonymer homonymerne
genitive homonyms homonymets homonymers homonymernes

Swedish

Noun

homonym c

  1. homonym

Declension

Declension of homonym
nominative genitive
singular indefinite homonym homonyms
definite homonymen homonymens
plural indefinite homonymer homonymers
definite homonymerna homonymernas
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