英和和英

語源

From homo- +‎ -graph.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɒməɡɹɑːf/, /ˈhəʊməɡɹæf/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɑːməɡɹæf/, /ˈhoʊməɡɹæf/

名詞

homograph (plural homographs)

1. A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

   Hypernym: homonym (broad sense)

   Coordinate term: homophone (can be coinstantial)

2. (computing) A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered.

   Hyponym: homoglyph

使用する際の注意点

Homographs are a kind of homonym in the loose sense of that term, i.e. a word that is either a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling). (The strict sense of homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.) Specifically, homographs must have the same spelling, though they usually have different meanings and may be pronounced differently.

• The verb bear (“to carry”) and the noun bear (“large omnivorous mammal”) are homographs with the same pronunciation and different etymological origins.
• The verb alternate (“to go back and forth”) and the adjective alternate (“following by turns”) are homographs with different pronunciations but close etymological origins. Such homographs are also heteronyms.
• The verb meet (“to encounter”) and the noun meat (“food”) are not homographs since they have different spellings.

派生語

関連する語

参考

• polyphone
• capitonym

Further reading

• homograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia