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Homonym

//ˈhɒmənɪm// noun

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Noun

1
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).; A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word. broadly
2
two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings wordnet
3
A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).; A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon. broadly

Etymology

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

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