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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ὁμόηχος (homóēkhos, sounding together).[1] By surface analysis, ομό- (omó-) +‎ ήχος (íchos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈmo.i.xos/
  • Hyphenation: ο‧μό‧η‧χος

Adjective

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ομόηχος (omóichosm (feminine ομόηχη, neuter ομόηχο)

  1. (phonetics, semantics) homophonous, same-sounding (of words: having the same pronunciation but different meanings)
    Synonym: ομώνυμος (omónymos)
  2. (nominalized, in the plural, neuter) homophones

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ομόηχος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language