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homophonous

[huh-mof-uh-nuhs, hoh-]

adjective

  1. identical in pronunciation.



homophonous

/ ³óɒˈ³¾É’´ÚÉ™²ÔÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or denoting a homophone

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of homophonous1

1745–55; < Greek ³ó´Ç³¾Ã³±è³óŲԴDzõ of the same sound; homo-, phon-, -ous
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Example Sentences

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But she was hoisted by her own homophonous petard.

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Netizens have replaced "quan", which means "rights", with a homophonous character meaning "fist", making it a somewhat derogatory term for feminists.

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Or that, at the age of thirty-eight, I still avoid using the common noun that is homophonous with my abuser’s name.

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Reid’s play on words — Charles and David Koch share a homophonous name with a recreational drug — came less than a week after Reid called the brothers “un-American†for funding anti-Obamacare attack ads.

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It delighted him that her name was homophonous with that of a singing bird: the loriot, or golden oriole, which duly has its place in “Catalogue d’Oiseaux.â€

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When To Use

What does homophonous mean?

Homophonous is used to describe words that are pronounced exactly the same.If two words are described as homophonous, it means they are homophones—words that sound the same but have different meanings, whether ³Ù³ó±ð²â’r±ð spelled the same or not. There, their, and ³Ù³ó±ð²â’r±ð are homophonous. So are bark (the sound a dog makes) and bark (the covering of a tree).As long as two (or more) words have the same pronunciation, they are homophonous.Example: Many English words are homophonous, which can make things confusing, even for native speakers.

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