heteronym

Examples

• All

• One only needs to remember that the heteronym will be written the same, yet will be pronounced differently.

  Academic text (2015)

• Therefore, deriving meaning of the heteronym requires that we use the word in context!

  Academic text (2015)

• The heteronym is perhaps the most difficult for the student.

  Academic text (2015)

• And this is particularly true in several of the heteronyms such as Alberto Cairo and Alvaro de Campos.

• Without ever resolving the polarization, I placed the heteronyms at the center of the novel—a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of a sort; a salamander.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Note Fernando Pessoa—the Portuguese poet whose last name means "person" and who divided himself and his writing among a few dozen other persons whom he called heteronyms—used at least thirty notebooks throughout his writing life, but he never actually kept a notebook.

  Academic text (2009)

• Understanding a heteronym like 'tear' can be confusing, as it can mean to rip something or a drop of liquid from the eye, depending on the pronunciation.

• Teachers often explain that a heteronym such as 'wind' can refer to air in motion or the act of turning something, highlighting its distinct meanings.

Synonyms

H

homonym

vsheteronym

3 7.6

A word with the same spelling or sound as another word but a different meaning

requires identical spelling plus a different pronunciation instead of just one match

H

homograph

vsheteronym

• Specialized

1 8.1

A word written the same as another but with a different meaning and sometimes a different sound

requires a different pronunciation rather than allowing the same pronunciation

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology