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polyphone

polyphone noun: a letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways.

Noun

polyphone (plural polyphones)

  1. A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

polyphone meaning in Tamil

polyphone in Tamil

பலவொலி ஒரு குறி

Forms of polyphone

pluralpolyphones

Origin of polyphone

From poly- + phone.

Questions about polyphone

What does polyphone mean?
Polyphone means a letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways.
What is polyphone in Tamil?
Polyphone in Tamil is பலவொலி ஒரு குறி. See Polyphone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is polyphone?
Polyphone is a noun.
What is the plural of polyphone?
The plural of polyphone is polyphones.

Words near polyphone in the dictionary

  1. polyphobia
  2. polyphobias
  3. polyphobic
  4. polyphon
  5. polyphonal
  6. polyphone
  7. polyphonemic
  8. polyphones
  9. polyphonia
  10. polyphonias
  11. polyphonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyphone (page history and authors); polyphone (Tamil 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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