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homophonous
adjective
Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way
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həˈmɒfənəs
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adjective
Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way
“‘horse’ and ‘hoarse’ are homophonous words”
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‘horse’ and ‘hoarse’ are homophonous words
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