In Russian, the words for "caress, endearment" and "least weasel" are homonymous and possibly related etymologically.
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Homonymous
Synonyms for "homonymous" (2 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 19 languages.
Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܪ ܫܡܐ adj (having the same name)
Catalan
2 entries- homònim adj (having the same name)
- homònim adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Dutch
1 entries- gelijknamig adj (having the same name)
Esperanto
1 entries- samnoma adj (having the same name)
Finnish
1 entries- homonyyminen adj (having the same name)
French
2 entries- homonyme adj (having the same name)
- homonyme adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Georgian
3 entries- ერთნაირი სახელის მქონე adj (having the same name)
- თანამოსახელე adj (having the same name)
- ომონიმური adj (having the same name)
German
3 entries- gleichnamig adj (having the same name)
- homonym adj (having the same name)
- homonymisch adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Hungarian
2 entries- azonos alakú adj (having the same name)
- homonim adj (having the same name)
Icelandic
1 entries- samnefndur adj (having the same name)
Italian
2 entries- omonimo adj (having the same name)
- omonimo adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Latin
1 entries- homonymus adj (having the same name)
Manx
2 entries- co-ennymagh adj (having the same name)
- co-ennymagh adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Portuguese
2 entries- homónimo adj (having the same name)
- homónimo adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Russian
4 entries- одноимённый adj (having the same name)
- однофами́льный adj (having the same name)
- омоними́ческий adj (pertaining to a homonym)
- омоними́чный adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- istòimen adj (having the same name)
- исто̀имен adj (having the same name)
Spanish
2 entries- homónimo adj (having the same name)
- homónimo adj (pertaining to a homonym)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalagyo adj (having the same name)
- magkalagyo adj (having the same name)
Turkish
2 entries- eş sesli adj (having the same name)
- sesteş adj (having the same name)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Some hippie writers invented the idea of a drug called "adrenochrome" which does not actually exist, but is homonymous with a non-psychoactive pigment.
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The morpheme "homo" in "homosexual" and that in "Homo sapiens" are homonymous, terms that sound the same, but mean something different, the first meaning "same," whilst the latter meaning "human."
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