homófono

See also:homofono

Portuguese

Etymology

FromAncient Greekὁμόφωνος(homóphōnos),fromὁμός(homós)+φωνή(phōnḗ).Bysurface analysis,homo-+‎-fono.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/oˈmɔ.fo.nu/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/oˈmɔ.fo.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/oˈmɔ.fo.no/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ɔˈmɔ.fu.nu/

• Rhymes:-ɔfonu,-ɔfunu
• Hyphenation:ho‧mó‧fo‧no

Adjective

homófono(femininehomófona,masculine pluralhomófonos,feminine pluralhomófonas)

1. (phonetics,semantics)homophonous(having the same pronunciation)
2. (music)homophonic(having a single melodic line)

Noun

homófonom(pluralhomófonos)

1. (semantics)homophone(word with the same pronunciation as another)

Further reading

• “homófono”,iniDicionário Aulete(in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2024
• “homófono”,inDicionário inFormal(in Portuguese),2006–2024
• “homófono”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024
• “homófono”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

FromAncient Greekὁμόφωνος(homóphōnos),fromὁμός(homós)+φωνή(phōnḗ).Bysurface analysis,homo-+‎-fono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/oˈmofono/[oˈmo.fo.no]
• Rhymes:-ofono
• Syllabification:ho‧mó‧fo‧no

Adjective

homófono(femininehomófona,masculine pluralhomófonos,feminine pluralhomófonas)

1. (phonetics,semantics)homophonous(having the same pronunciation)
2. (music)homophonic(having a single melodic line)

   Antonyms:polifónico,polífono

Noun

homófonom(pluralhomófonos)

1. (semantics)homophone(word with the same pronunciation as another)

Related terms

• homofonía

Further reading

• “homófono”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16