Polyphone Definition & Meaning
polyphone
- noun
- a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
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- What does polyphone mean?
- a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
- What part of speech is polyphone?
- Polyphone is a noun.