"homonymy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: homonymies [plural]
Etymology: From homonym + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|homonym|y|id2=abstract noun}} homonym + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} homonymy (countable and uncountable, plural homonymies)
  1. (semantics) The property of being a homonym. Wikipedia link: Homonym Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Semantics Synonyms: homonymity (english: less commonly used) Related terms: homonymic, homonymous, polysemy Translations (property of being a homonym): համանունություն (hamanunutʻyun) (Armenian), homonímia [feminine] (Catalan), homonymie [feminine] (Czech), homonymia (Finnish), homonymie [feminine] (French), ომონიმია (omonimia) (Georgian), homonímia (Hungarian), azonosalakúság (Hungarian), omonimia [feminine] (Italian), homonimia [feminine] (Spanish), homonymi [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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