In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs—words that have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that...

inval.; a rejected name is a nomen rejiciendum or nom. rej.; a later homonym of a validly published name is a nomen illegitimum or nom. illeg.; for...

explicitly defined by the Code as being homonyms. Otherwise the one-letter difference rule applies. In species, primary homonyms are those with the same genus and...

senses) in the same entry (that is, under the same headword) and enter homonyms as separate headwords (usually with a numbering convention such as ¹bear...

Greek χάλιξ (khaliks, “pebble”). (It is not to be confused with the Latin homonym meaning heelbone (or calcaneus in modern medical Latin), which has an entirely...

adjective maius, maior "larger, greater". Originally, she may have been a homonym independent of the Greek Maia, whose myths she absorbed through the Hellenization...

should not get a "series IV" designation because the number four is a homonym for death in some Far Eastern languages. Major changes included the introduction...

(連絡, to inform) and "Sōdan" (相談, to consult), and is more memorable as a homonym of hōrensō, the Japanese word for "spinach". It is utilised as a basic...

genus however is a later synonym of Leucospermum by Brown, and a later homonym of Leucadendron as proposed by Linnaeus. The species name proposed by Salisbury...

(the two words are actually etymologically cognate and not arbitrarily homonyms). ѣ — Originally had a distinct sound, but by the middle of the eighteenth...

these two "identical" signifiers, these two homonyms have everything to do with each other and, then again, absolutely nothing. Gates, in "The Signifying...

British slang verb twat, meaning 'to hit, whack', is probably an unrelated homonym of onomatopoeic origin. Robert Browning famously misused the term in his...

Walter Redfern summarized this type with his statement, "To pun is to treat homonyms as synonyms." For example, in George Carlin's phrase "atheism is a non-prophet...

country today. When Rotten sings "I use the enemy", it's a deliberate homonym for "I use the NME", or New Musical Express, the British weekly music newspaper...

this plant. However, Diospyros kaki L. f., published in 1781, is a later homonym of Diospyros kaki Thunb., published in 1780. So the name Diospyros kaki...

"Mid Rim", anachronistically named due to a new colonization wave starting again. Mid-Rim – Generally industrialized though not very important planets, but...

Indonesia, and is the most active volcano in Sumatra. Like that of its quasi-homonym on Java, its name means "Mountain of Fire". Its elevation is 2,885 metres...

homophones in another. That means not that one of the phonemes is absent in the homonym accent but only that it is not contrastive in the same range of contexts...

to eat nian gao during this time of the year because nian gao (年糕) is a homonym for "higher year" or "grow every year" (年高), which means "a more prosperous...

but based on a different type; only one of the homonyms is considered a valid designation (see homonym (biology)). Compare to synonym. hydronym: a name...

(Chinese: 金枝玉葉); pinyin: Jīnzhīyùyè) (lit. golden branches and jade leaves) a homonym for the Chinese idiom "one of noble birth", a type of Ming dynasty hairpin...

was difficult to observe naming taboo with the name "Huang" (which was a homonym to many common terms—including "yellow" 黃 and "emperor" 皇). During Cao...

meaning "pipe" or "tube" and refers to the hollow branches of S. vulgaris. Homonym Syringa Tourn. ex Adans. is a heterotypic synonym of Philadelphus. Lilacs...

installing, assembling' (the latter borrowed from French). Homograph Homonym Synonym Shibboleth "Common Heteronyms In Chinese". chinesevoyage.org. 10...

Orthanc had meanings in Sindarin and Rohirric; but it is also a synonym and homonym in Old English, making Tolkien's claim look like a mistake. Tolkien made...

Hence, the Chinese character for Jun in Lee's name was changed to the homonym 振 instead, to avoid naming taboo in Chinese tradition.[citation needed]...

species, or uninomial for other ranks). The name must be unique (i.e. not a homonym). The description must be based on at least one name-bearing type specimen...

Emperor's birthday. "Sugarcane" (Chinese: 甘蔗; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chià) is a near homonym to "thank you" (Chinese: 感謝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-siā) in the Hokkien dialect...

nonsense to see how well Lennon has brought it off. While some of his homonyms are gratuitous word play, many others have not only double meaning but...

inside joke, as the character is never seen in the film. The name is a homonym of the French "elle est morte," meaning "she is dead". Making Lady in the...