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Definition: Homophony |
HomophonyNoun1. The same pronunciation for words of different origins. 2. Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Homophony is plain harmony, where the top line has a dominant voice, and all the voices move in the same rhythm. See also, polyphony, counterpoint.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Homophony."
| "Homophony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Homophony" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 15 | 90,616 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "homophony": near-homophony. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "homophony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | homophonie. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ホッパー車 (hobby, hobby craft, Hoffmann, homo, Homo economicus, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo ludens, Homo movens, Homo sapiens, homogenize, homosexual, Honolulu, hop, hopper car, hops, hotel, photo multiplier, pogo stick). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ホモフォニー . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omophonyhay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Homophony" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: holophony, Homobono, Houmphanh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "homophony" (pronounced 'Ho*moph"o*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-h-m-n-o-o-o-p-y" | |
-3 letters: nympho. | |
-4 letters: moony, nymph, oomph, phono, phony. | |
-5 letters: homo, homy, hoop, hymn, hypo, mono, mony, moon, mopy, phon, pony, pooh, poon. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-h-m-n-o-o-o-p-y" | |
+3 letters: phytohormone. | |
+4 letters: phytohormones. | |
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