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homophene

homophene noun: any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.

Noun

homophene (plural homophenes)

  1. Any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.

Forms of homophene

pluralhomophenes

Origin of homophene

From homo- +Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”).

Questions about homophene

What does homophene mean?
Homophene means any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.
What part of speech is homophene?
Homophene is a noun.
What is the plural of homophene?
The plural of homophene is homophenes.

Words near homophene in the dictionary

  1. homopeptide
  2. homopeptides
  3. homopeptidic
  4. homophase
  5. homophases
  6. homophene
  7. homophenes
  8. homophenylalanine
  9. homophenylalanyl
  10. homophil
  11. homophile

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