homonymous
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English
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos).[1][2] By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
homonymous (not comparable)
- Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
- Of or pertaining to a homonym.
- (ophthalmology) Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)
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Translations
having the same name
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pertaining to a homonym
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See also
References
- ^ “homonymous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “homonymous (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
