A homophone (/ˈhɒməfoʊn, ˈhoʊmə-/) is a word that is pronounced the same (to a varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning and sometimes also...

British Homophone was a record company, based in Great Britain that operated between 1921 and 1985. Incorporated on 3 August 1921 as a private company...

"Homophones" is a word game in which a player creates a sentence or phrase containing a pair or larger set of homophones, substitutes another (usually...

Homophonic translation renders a text in one language into a near-homophonic text in another language, usually with no attempt to preserve the original...

Look up homophony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homophony and Homophonic are from the Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), literally 'same sounding,' from...

homographs—words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling)—or both...

amount of homophones in the language to form puns, and they have become an important component of Chinese culture. In Chinese, homophones are used for...

with the same writing and pronunciation (i.e. are both homographs and homophones) are considered homonyms. However, in a broader sense the term "homonym"...

dictionary. De Ligt is a Dutch surname. It is the Old Dutch spelling and homophone of "de licht" meaning "the light one" and thus is a nickname for a slight...

sheet containing letter, syllable and word substitution tables, sometimes homophonic, that typically converted symbols into numbers. Originally the code portion...

point Chinese netizens began to use the word for "river crab", a near homophone for "harmonious". In a further complication of meaning, sometimes aquatic...

distinct harmonic functions to the soprano, bass and inner voices. A homophonic texture may be homorhythmic, which means that all parts have the same...

Chinese homophones in lexical decision tasks have found an advantage for homophone processing in Chinese, and a disadvantage for processing homophones in English...

A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings; such a word is also known as an antagonym, autoantonym, contranym, or Janus word. For example, the word...

This is a list of homophonic abbreviations in the English language. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ad advantage...

and resuscitate someone using kappo. Japanese language contains many homophones; Kappō written as 割烹 means “cooking” especially relating to Japanese cuisine...

rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language. A pun differs from a...

(polyphonic characters). Some syllables correspond to more than one character (homophonic characters). This article pays more attention to the sounds of modern...

gramophone records from 1926 through 1935. The label was a subsidiary of Homophone Records. Lists of record labels Rust, Brian (1980). Brian Rust's Guide...

simplification presents syllables as homophones which are not, and therefore exaggerates the number of homophones almost by a factor of four. For comparison:...

ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text. Sometimes a homophone can be used as a pun. When three or more meanings have been constructed...

(死阿陸) Taiwan Chinese people Literally means "damned mainlanders". the homophonic numerical form of this phrase(426) is also frequently used. Siamtue (Thai:...

carp) statues atop Nagoya Castle, also called shachi; this word is a homophone with the Japanese word for orca, a species formerly referred to as "grampus"...

Wonsu is the highest military rank in the armed forces of North Korea and South Korea. The title of Wonsu or its variations had been used as the title...

eventually evolve into Plug Wonder Why, which would be shortened to a homophone of the original, Plug Won.[citation needed] Mercenary – Derived from the...

participle) and "red". This list includes only a few homophones although incorrect use of homophones is a very common error; the following words from the...

Ngo as Dylan Tsang Siu-yan (曾紹仁; homophone to 真小人, the real villain) Alycia Chan as Eliza Kam Ping-miu (金萍梅; homophone to classic novel 金瓶梅 Jin Ping Mei)...

large number of homographs (different meanings for a given spelling) and homophones (different meanings for a given pronunciation). Kakekotoba (掛詞) or "pivot...

animal with names vaguely referring to Chinese profanities (utilizing homophones and characters using different tones). Eventually, images, videos (such...

born Zhen Yinglian (甄英蓮, a homophone with "deserving pity"), the kidnapped and lost daughter of Zhen Shiyin (甄士隱, a homophone with "Hiding the truth"),...