Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-phone
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone English polyphone From poly- + phone.

Inflected Forms

polyphones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

homograph homonym heteronym

Synonyms

polyphonic letter

Questions

What does polyphone mean?: A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways
Where does polyphone come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone English polyphone From poly- + phone.

How to pronounce polyphone

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