homonym

n. 同音异义字, 同名异物 [医] 同名物

发音

UK /ˈhɒmənɪm/
US /ˈhɑmənɪm/

词形变化

homonyms 复数 homonyms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

    A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

    A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

word

下位词 2

homograph homophone

词源

From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, hom- + -onym.

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