homophonous

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈmɒfənəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

homophonous (not comparable)

1. (phonetics, semantics) Having the same pronunciation.

   "Cot" and "caught" are homophonous in some American accents, as are "there" and "they're".

2. (music) Homophonic; sounding the same.

Related terms

• homophone

Translations

having the same pronunciation

• Ancient Greek: ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos)
• Breton: heñvelson (br)
• Catalan: homòfon (ca)
• Greek: ομόφωνος (el) (omófonos)
• Hungarian: homofon (not infrequently spelled homofón), azonos kiejtésű, de eltérő jelentésű (és gyakran eltérő alakú)
• Italian: omofono
• Norwegian: homofon (no)
• Portuguese: homófono (pt)
• Spanish: homófono (es)