polyphone

polyphone

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
French télé-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der.
French -phone
French téléphonebor.
English telephone
English phone
English polyphone

    From poly- + phone.

    Noun

    polyphone (plural polyphones)

    1. A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

    Translations

    See also

    • homograph (the pronunciation may be the same or different)
    • homonym (if the pronunciation is the same)
    • heteronym (if the pronunciation is different)

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