Definition of Homophonous. Meaning of Homophonous. Synonyms of Homophonous

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Definition of Homophonous

Homophonous
Homophonic Ho`mo*phon"ic, Homophonous Ho*moph"o*nous, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. 2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

Meaning of Homophonous from wikipedia

- the same as a counterpart. Any unit with this property is said to be homophonous (/həˈmɒfənəs/). Homophones that are spelled the same are deemed both...
- these two can also merge with NEAR, causing bad and bared to become homophonous with beard. A merger of words like bud and bird (/ɜːr/ and /ʌ/) occurs...
- The following is a partial list of linguistic example sentences illustrating various linguistic phenomena. Different types of ambiguity which are possible...
- /kæf/ both homophonous as [kʰæf] halve e.g. A knife can halve the bread in two. have e.g. She might have fun. /hɛəv/ versus /hæv/ both homophonous as [hæv]...
- positions, such that rabbit and abbot rhyme and Lenin and Lennon are homophonous, a dialectal feature called the weak vowel merger. GA /ɜr/ and /ər/ are...
- both as a Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its homophonous forms. It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name...
- is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. 鄭 (2,151,879), 丁 (243,803) and 程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include: 政 (139), 桯 (41)...
- entire Confederation. The Swiss German name of the country, Schwiiz, is homophonous to that of the canton and the settlement, but distinguished by the use...
- world". When written as meaning "the floating world", is also an ironic, homophonous allusion to the earlier Buddhist term ukiyo (憂き世, "sorrowful world")...
- simplified character components', based on which Chart 3 is derived. Merging homophonous characters: 蒙、懞、濛、矇 → 蒙; 復、複、覆、复 → 复; 乾、幹、榦、干 → 干; 髮、發 → 发 Adapting cursive...