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homophone
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Derivatives :
adj
homophonous
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- homophone
[ 'hɑmə .fon]
[ 'hɔmə .fəun]
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noun
同音字母(如:civil中的c和song中的s为同音字母,都发/s/音)
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同音异义词(如:bore[bɔː]和boar[bɔː])
Collins English-English Dictionary
- homophone
['hɑmə,fəυn]
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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
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a written letter or combination of letters that represents the same speech sound as another
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``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English
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Examples
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``ph'' is a homophone of ``f'' in English
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