homonym
UK/ˈhɒmənɪm//ˈhɑmənɪm/
homonym noun: a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
Noun
homonym (plural homonyms)
homonym meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
homonym in Tamil
- word with the same sound or spelling
- பல்பொருள் ஒருசொல் palporuḷ orucol
homonym in Bengali
- সমোচ্চারিত ভিন্নার্থক শব্দ
homonym in Malayalam
- word with the same sound or spelling
- നാനാർത്ഥം nānāṟtthaṁ
homonym in Kannada
- ಸಮಾನ ನಾಮಕ, ಆದರೆ ಭಿನ್ನಾರ್ಥವುಳ್ಳ ಪದ, ಸನಾಮಕ, ಏಕನಾಮಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- homonym in Indonesian
- homonim
- homonym in Thai
- คำพ้องความหมาย kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam-mǎai
- Kashmiri
- ہَم نٲوؠ ham nạ̄v'
Forms of homonym
| plural | homonyms |
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Origin of homonym
From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- + -onym.
Words formed from homonym
Questions about homonym
- What does homonym mean?
- Homonym means a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
- What is homonym in Tamil?
- Homonym in Tamil is பல்பொருள் ஒருசொல் (palporuḷ orucol). See Homonym meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is homonym?
- Homonym is a noun.
- How do you pronounce homonym?
- Homonym is pronounced /ˈhɒmənɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of homonym?
- The plural of homonym is homonyms.
Words near homonym in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: homonym (page history and authors); Homonym (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); homonym (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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