heterophone
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hĕʹtərōfōn, IPA(key): /ˈhɛtəɹəʊfəʊn/
Noun edit
heterophone (plural heterophones)
- A word with multiple pronunciations.
Usage notes edit
- Heterophony is very common since it can include words with a single spelling but multiple pronunciations, with regionally varying spellings and pronunciations, and closely related homeographs that are pronounced differently; for example, the four different pronunciations among six alternative spellings of ailurophile.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a word whose spelling is the same but sound differs from another’s
See also edit
Noun (cat) | Sound | Spelling | Meaning | phone/graph |
---|---|---|---|---|
homonym | same | same | different | homophone & homograph |
heteronym (cat) | different | same | different | heterophone & homograph |
homophone | same | different | different | homophone (cat) & heterograph |
alternative pronunciation | different | same | same | heterophone & homograph |
synonym | different | different | same | heterophone & heterograph |
alternative spelling | same | different | same | homophone & heterograph |
identical | same | same | same | homophone & homograph |
distinct | different | different | different | heterophone & heterograph |