Homophonous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homophonic \Ho`mo*phon"ic\, Homophonous \Ho*moph"o*nous\, a.
     [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.]
     1. (Mus.)
        (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch;
            unisonous; monodic.
        (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as


            opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several
            parts move independently, each with its own melody.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of
        letters; as, bay and bey.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  homophonous \ho*moph"o*nous\ adj.
     Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous
     words.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homophonous
       adj : the phenomenon of words of different origins coming to
             pronounced the same way; "homophonous words"