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Calque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A word having the same spelling as another, but with a different meaning and (often) pronunciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonyms: heterophone, homograph
- The word lead (/ˈlɛd/), for the metal, and lead (/ˈliːd/), for a leash, are heteronyms.
- The word agape, "astonished" or "wide open," is a heteronym of agape, "Christian love."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heterophone, homograph
Antonyms: none provided
A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: word
By surface analysis, hetero (“different”) + -onym (“name”). Compare Ancient Greek ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos). First attested in 1885 in sense 1. The coining of this term in sense 3 (as Portuguese heterónimo) is usually attributed to Fernando Pessoa.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
heterònim
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Czech:
heteronymum
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Finnish:
heteronyymi
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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French:
hétéronyme
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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German:
Heteronym
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Greek:
ετερώνυμο
(eterónymo)
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Hungarian:
heteronima
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Khmer:
វិកល្បពាក្យ
(vi’kɑlpa’ piek)
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Polish:
heteronim
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Portuguese:
heterónimo
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Portuguese:
heterônimo
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Russian:
омо́граф
(omógraf)
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Russian:
гетеро́ним
(getɛrónim)
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Serbo-Croatian:
хетероним
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Serbo-Croatian:
heteronim
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Slovak:
heteronymum
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Spanish:
heterónimo
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Thai:
คําพ้องรูป
(kam-pɔ́ɔng-rûup)
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Turkish:
eşadlı
— word having the same spelling but different pronunciation
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Finnish:
heteronyymi
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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French:
hétéronyme
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Polish:
heteronim
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Portuguese:
heterónimo
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Portuguese:
heterônimo
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Russian:
гетеро́ним
(getɛrónim)
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Serbo-Croatian:
хетероним
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Serbo-Croatian:
heteronim
— fictitious character writing in a different style
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Spanish:
heterónimo
— fictitious character writing in a different style
