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heteronymous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-erony-mous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to a heteronym.

adj

Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings.

adj

Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye)

Etymology

Etymology tree English heteronym Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English heteronymous From heteronym + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more heteronymous (comparative) most heteronymous (superlative)

Derived Forms

heteronymously

Frequently Paired Words

heteronymic heteronymy

Antonyms

homonymous

Questions

What does heteronymous mean?
Of, or relating to a heteronym.
Where does heteronymous come from?
Etymology tree English heteronym Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English heteronymous From heteronym + -ous.

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