【homograph】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

英语(English)

词源(Etymology)

From homo- +‎ -graph.

发音(Pronunciation)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒməɡɹɑːf/, /ˈhəʊməɡɹæf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːməɡɹæf/, /ˈhoʊməɡɹæf/

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名词(Noun)

homograph (plural homographs)

1. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.
2. (computing) A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered.

   Hyponym: homoglyph

用法注意(Usage notes)

Homographs are a kind of homonym in the loose sense of that term, i.e. a word that is either a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) Specifically, homographs must have the same spelling, though they usually have different meanings and may be pronounced differently.

• The verb bear (“to carry”) and the noun bear (“large omnivorous mammal”) are homographs with the same pronunciation and different etymological origins.
• The verb alternate (“to go back and forth”) and the adjective alternate (“following by turns”) are homographs with different pronunciations but close etymological origins. Such homographs are also heteronyms.
• The verb meet (“to encounter”) and the noun meat (“food”) are not homographs since they have different spellings.

关联词(Related terms)

• homœograph
• homographic
• homography

翻译(Translations)

查看更多(See also)

An Euler diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.

• polyphone

查看更多(Further reading)

• homograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia