homófono

See also: homofono

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- +‎ -fono.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.fo.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.fo.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmɔ.fo.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmɔ.fu.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɔfonu, -ɔfunu
• Hyphenation: ho‧mó‧fo‧no

Adjective

homófono (feminine homófona, masculine plural homófonos, feminine plural homófonas)

1. (phonetics, semantics) homophonous (having the same pronunciation)
2. (music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)

Noun

homófono m (plural homófonos)

1. (semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)

Further reading

• “homófono” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “homófono” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “homófono” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “homófono” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Examples
a and ha abría and habría echo and hecho valla and vaya rallar and rayar votar and botar agito and ajito

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- +‎ -fono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmofono/ [oˈmo.fo.no]
• Rhymes: -ofono
• Syllabification: ho‧mó‧fo‧no

Adjective

homófono (feminine homófona, masculine plural homófonos, feminine plural homófonas)

1. (phonetics, semantics) homophonous (having the same pronunciation)
2. (music) homophonic (having a single melodic line)

   Antonyms: polifónico, polífono

Noun

homófono m (plural homófonos)

1. (semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)

Related terms

• homofonía

 

Further reading

• “homófono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014