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Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos). By surface analysis, omo- + -fono.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈmɔ.fo.no/
- Rhymes: -ɔfono
- Hyphenation: o‧mò‧fo‧no
Adjective
omofono (feminine omofona, masculine plural omofoni, feminine plural omofone)
- (phonetics, semantics) homophonous (having the same pronunciation)
- (music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)
Noun
omofono m (plural omofoni)
- (semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)
Further reading
- omofono in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- omofono in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- omofono in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- omòfono in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- omòfono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana