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Definition: HOMONYMY |
HOMONYMYNoun1. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity. 2. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. |
| Domain | Definition |
Language | The quality of two or more terms having the same graphic or phonic form but different meanings. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Equivocalness | Noun: equivocalness; Adjective: double meaning; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram; conundrum; (riddle); play on words, word play; (wit); homonym, homonymy; amphiboly, amphibology; ambilogy, ambiloquy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
homonymy | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HOMONYMY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | омонимия. (various references) | |
Danish | homonymi (duplication of names, homonymity). (various references) | |
Dutch | homonymie (duplication of names, homonymity). (various references) | |
Finnish | homonymia (homonymity). (various references) | |
French | homonymie (homonymity). (various references) | |
German | homonymie (homonymity). (various references) | |
Greek | ομωνυμία (homonymity). (various references) | |
Italian | omonimia (homonymity). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omonymyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homonímia (duplication of names, homonymity). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | homonimija. (various references) | |
Spanish | homonimia (duplication of names, homonymity). (various references) | |
Swedish | homonymi (homonymity). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"HOMONYMY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hominym, homonim, homonymn, homonyn, homonynm, homynym, hononym, philonymy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-m-m-n-o-o-y-y" | |
-1 letter: homonym. | |
-3 letters: moony. | |
-4 letters: homo, homy, hymn, mono, mony, moon. | |
-5 letters: hmm, hon, hoy, mho, mom, mon, moo, noh, nom, noo, ohm, oho, ooh, yom, yon. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-m-m-n-o-o-y-y" | |
+4 letters: homonymously. | |
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