"homophene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: homophenes [plural]
Etymology: From homo- + Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|homo-}} homo- +, {{derived|en|grc|φαίνω||to shine, to show, to appear}} Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, to show, to appear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} homophene (plural homophenes)
  1. Any of a set of words that sound different, but look identical on a person's lips, so that they cannot be distinguished by lipreading.
    Sense id: en-homophene-en-noun-jFgZnfos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with homo-

Inflected forms

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