"heteronym" meaning in English

See heteronym in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛt.əɹ.ə(ʊ).nɪm/ [UK], /ˈhɛt.ə.ɹoʊ.nɪm/ [US], /ˈhɛt.ə.ɹə.nɪm/ [US] Audio: en-us-heteronym.ogg Forms: heteronyms [plural]
Etymology: Coined around 1900, either from hetero- (“different”) + -onym (“name”) or from Ancient Greek ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos), or perhaps both. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hetero|onym|gloss1=different|gloss2=name}} hetero- (“different”) + -onym (“name”), {{uder|en|grc|ἑτερώνυμος}} Ancient Greek ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} heteronym (plural heteronyms)
  1. (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Ambiguity, Stock characters Translations (word having the same spelling but different pronunciation): heterònim (Catalan), heteronymum [neuter] (Czech), heteronyymi (Finnish), hétéronyme [masculine] (French), Heteronym [neuter] (German), ετερώνυμο (eterónymo) [neuter] (Greek), heteronima (Hungarian), វិកល្បពាក្យ (vi’kɑlpa’ piek) (Khmer), heterónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), heterônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), омо́граф (omógraf) [masculine] (Russian), гетеро́ним (getɛrónim) [masculine] (Russian), хетероним [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heteronim [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heteronymum [neuter] (Slovak), heterónimo [masculine] (Spanish), คำพ้องรูป (kam-pɔ́ɔng-rûup) (Thai), eşadlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heteronym-en-noun-LxUE~m3M Disambiguation of Ambiguity: 80 20 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with hetero-, English terms suffixed with -nym, English terms suffixed with -onym, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nym: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onym: 56 44 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 62 38 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word having the same spelling but different pronunciation': 82 18
  2. (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style. Categories (topical): Literature Translations (fictitious character writing in a different style): heteronyymi (Finnish), hétéronyme [masculine] (French), heteronim [masculine] (Polish), heterónimo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), heterônimo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), гетеро́ним (getɛrónim) [masculine] (Russian), хетероним [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heteronim [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heterónimo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heteronym-en-noun--eydPZoQ Categories (other): English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with hetero-, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 54 46 Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'fictitious character writing in a different style': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterophone [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], homograph [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
Related terms: polyphone (alt: a letter [or combination of letters] that can be pronounced in two or more different ways, such as 長/长 in Chinese, pronounced [cháng] in the sense of ’long’ and [zhǎng] in the sense of ’to grow’), identical, same, homophone & homograph, homophone (english: cat), different, homophone & heterograph, alternative spelling, homonym, synonym, heterophone & heterograph, heterophone & homograph, alternative pronunciation, distinct

Inflected forms

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          "note": "azonos alakú, eltérő kiejtésű és jelentésű szó (de)",
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      "word": "វិកល្បពាក្យ"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "омо́граф"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "heteronymum"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "roman": "kam-pɔ́ɔng-rûup",
      "sense": "word having the same spelling but different pronunciation",
      "word": "คำพ้องรูป"
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      "sense": "word having the same spelling but different pronunciation",
      "word": "eşadlı"
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      "sense": "fictitious character writing in a different style",
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