Near-synonyms: heterophone, homograph
Source: wiktionary
Heteronym
//ˈhɛt.ə.ɹoʊ.nɪm//
Synonyms for "heteronym" (3 found)
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Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesis a
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9 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- heterònim noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Czech
1 entries- heteronymum noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Finnish
2 entries- heteronyymi noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- heteronyymi noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
French
2 entries- hétéronyme noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- hétéronyme noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
German
1 entries- Heteronym noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Greek
1 entries- ετερώνυμο noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Hungarian
1 entries- heteronima noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Khmer
1 entries- វិកល្បពាក្យ noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Polish
1 entries- heteronim noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
Portuguese
4 entries- heterónimo noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- heterónimo noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
- heterônimo noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- heterônimo noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
Russian
3 entries- гетеро́ним noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- гетеро́ним noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
- омо́граф noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- heteronim noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- heteronim noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
- хетероним noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- хетероним noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
Slovak
1 entries- heteronymum noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Spanish
2 entries- heterónimo noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
- heterónimo noun (fictitious character writing in a different style)
Thai
1 entries- คำพ้องรูป noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Turkish
1 entries- eşadlı noun (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation)
Sample sentences
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The word lead (/ˈlɛd/), for the metal, and lead (/ˈliːd/), for a leash, are heteronyms.
Source: wiktionary
The word agape, "astonished" or "wide open," is a heteronym of agape, "Christian love."
Source: wiktionary
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