Homophonous Definition & Meaning
homophonous
- adjective
- characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"
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- What does homophonous mean?
- characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"
- What part of speech is homophonous?
- Homophonous is an adjective.