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| has gloss | (noun) two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym" heteronym |
| has gloss | eng: In linguistics, heteronyms (also known as heterophones) are words that are written identically but have different pronunciations and meanings. In other words, they are homographs that are not homophones. Thus, row (propel with oars) and row (argument) are heteronyms, but mean (intend) and mean (average) are not (since they are pronounced the same). Heteronym pronunciation may vary in vowel realisation, in stress pattern (see also Initial-stress-derived noun), or in other ways: |
| lexicalization | eng: heteronym |
| subclass of | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" word |
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| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: heterònim |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| lexicalization | ell: ετερώνυμο |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: heteronyymi |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: hétéronyme |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: eteronimo |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 동철 이음 이의 |
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: heteronim |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: heterônimo |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: гетероним |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: heterónimo |
| Thai | |
| lexicalization | tha: คำที่สะกดเหมือนกันแต่มีเสียงและความหมายแตกต่างกัน |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: eşadlı |
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| similar | e/Heteronym (linguistics) |
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| media:img | Homograph homophone venn diagram.png |
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