Dictionary

homophonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English homophone Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English homophonic From homophone + -ic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having the same sound; being homophones.
2. (not-comparable) Having a single, accompanied, melodic line.

Antonyms

polyphonic

Coordinates

homographic

Deriveds

homophonically · nonhomophonic

Hypernyms

homonymous · homonymic

Synonyms

homophonous · monophonic

Translations (10)

fi homofoninen (music: having a single, accompanied, melodic line) · ga homafónach (music: having a single, accompanied, melodic line) · ga aonséiseach (music: having a single, accompanied, melodic line) · da homofon (music: having a single, accompanied, melodic line) · fr homophonique (linguistics: having the same sound) · vi đồng âm (linguistics: having the same sound) · da homofon (linguistics: having the same sound) · pl homofoniczny (linguistics: having the same sound) · fi homofoninen (linguistics: having the same sound) · pl homofoniczny (music: having a single, accompanied, melodic line)