homophone
UK/ˈhɒməfəʊn//ˈhɑməfoʊn/
homophone noun: a word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
Noun
homophone (plural homophones)
- A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
- A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters.
homophone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
homophone in Hindi
- words with the same pronunciation
- समध्वनि samdhvani
homophone in Tamil
- ஒப்பொலி
homophone in Kannada
- ಸಮಸ್ವನ, ಸಮಾನೋಚ್ಚಾರಣ, ಸಮಾನಾಕ್ಷರ, ಸಮಾನಧ್ವನಿ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ
homophone in Arabic
- words with the same pronunciation
- لَفْظَة مُتَجَانِسَة lafẓa mutajānisa
More languagesFewer languages
- homophone in Indonesian
- homofon
- homophone in Thai
- คำพ้องเสียง kam-pɔ́ɔng-sǐiang
- homophone in Vietnamese
- từ đồng âm
- Kashmiri
- ہَم آوٲزؠ ham āvạ̄z'
Forms of homophone
| plural | homophones |
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Origin of homophone
From French homophone; equivalent to homo- (“same”) + -phone (“sound”).
Words formed from homophone
Questions about homophone
- What does homophone mean?
- Homophone means a word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.
- What is homophone in Hindi?
- Homophone in Hindi is समध्वनि (samdhvani). See Homophone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is homophone?
- Homophone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce homophone?
- Homophone is pronounced /ˈhɒməfəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of homophone?
- The plural of homophone is homophones.
Words near homophone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: homophone (page history and authors); homophone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); homophone (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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