homófono
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- + -fono.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɔfonu, -ɔfunu
Hyphenation: ho‧mó‧fo‧no
=== Adjective ===
homófono (feminine homófona, masculine plural homófonos, feminine plural homófonas)
(phonetics, semantics) homophonous (having the same pronunciation)
(music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)
=== Noun ===
homófono m (plural homófonos)
(semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)
=== Further reading ===
“homófono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“homófono”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
“homófono”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“homófono”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“homófono”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- + -fono.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oˈmofono/ [oˈmo.fo.no]
Rhymes: -ofono
Syllabification: ho‧mó‧fo‧no
=== Adjective ===
homófono (feminine homófona, masculine plural homófonos, feminine plural homófonas)
(phonetics, semantics) homophonous (having the same pronunciation)
(music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)
Antonyms: polifónico, polífono
=== Noun ===
homófono m (plural homófonos)
(semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)
==== Related terms ====
==== Further reading ====
“homófono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025