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homophone
  • Derivatives : adj  homophonous
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

homophone [ 'hɑmə .fon] [ 'hɔmə .fəun]
  1. 1. noun 同音字母(如:civil中的c和song中的s为同音字母,都发/s/音)
  2. 2. noun 同音异义词(如:bore[bɔː]和boar[bɔː])

Collins English-English Dictionary

homophone ['hɑmə,fəυn]
  1. 1. n one of a group of words pronounced in the same way but differing in meaning or spelling or both, as for example bear and bare
  2. 2. n a written letter or combination of letters that represents the same speech sound as another
    ``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English

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``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English homophone

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