homonym

== English == === Etymology === From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- +‎ -onym. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒmənɪm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑmənɪm/ Rhymes: -ɒmənɪm === Noun === homonym (plural homonyms) (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both). Hypernyms: word, term Hyponyms: homograph (same spelling), homophone (same sound) (semantics, strictly) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word. Hypernyms: word, term Coordinate term: polyseme (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon. ==== Usage notes ==== Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples: die and dye (homophones but not homographs) the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense) the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === homonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia homonym (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Adjective === homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme) homonymic === Noun === homonym homonym ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === homonym c homonym ==== Declension ====