homonymy

homonymy
/heuh mon"euh mee, hoh-/, n.
homonymous state.
[1545-55; < LL homonymia < Gk homonymía, equiv. to homónym(os) HOMONYMOUS + -ia -Y3]

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  • homonymy — noun Date: 1597 the quality or state of being homonymous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • homonymy — homonyms …   Philosophy dictionary

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  • homonymy — ho·mon·y·my …   English syllables

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  • homonymy — noun the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning • Hypernyms: ↑linguistic relation …   Useful english dictionary

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