Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homonym

/ˈhɑmənɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
homonym
IPA
/ˈhɑmənɪm/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

noun

A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: homōnymum, ὁμώνυμον

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhɑmənɪm/
  • British English: /ˈhɒmənɪm/

Inflected Forms

homonyms (plural)

Derived Forms

hemihomonym homonymic homonymical homonymophobia homonymous homonymphobia homonymy

Phrases

homophone & homograph homophone & heterograph alternative spelling heterophone & heterograph heterophone & homograph alternative pronunciation

Frequently Paired Words

identical same homophone & homograph homophone different homophone & heterograph alternative spelling synonym

Questions

How do you pronounce homonym?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑmənɪm/.
What does homonym mean?
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
Where does homonym come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce homonym

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