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Meaning of "homophony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOPHONY

homophony  [hɒˈmɒfənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOPHONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homophony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMOPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homophony

Homophony

In music, homophony is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony, in which parts move with rhythmic independence, and monophony, in which all parts move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic texture is also homorhythmic. However, in melody-dominated homophony, one voice, often the highest, plays a distinct melody, and the accompanying voices work together to articulate an underlying harmony. Initially, in Ancient Greece, homophony indicated music in which a single melody is performed by two or more voices in unison or octaves, i.e. monophony with multiple voices. Homophony as a term first appeared in English with Charles Burney in 1776, emphasizing the concord of harmonized melody.

Definition of homophony in the English dictionary

The definition of homophony in the dictionary is the linguistic phenomenon whereby words of different origins become identical in pronunciation. Other definition of homophony is part music composed in a homophonic style.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOPHONY


acrophony
əˈkrɒfənɪ
ambiophony
ˌæmbɪˈɒfənɪ
angelophany
ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒfənɪ
apophony
əˈpɒfənɪ
autophony
ɔːˈtɒfənɪ
cacophony
kəˈkɒfənɪ
Christophany
krɪsˈtɒfənɪ
colophony
kɒˈlɒfənɪ
gramophony
ɡræˈmɒfənɪ
heterophony
ˌhɛtəˈrɒfənɪ
monophony
mɒˈnɒfənɪ
photophony
fəˈtɒfənɪ
quadraphony
kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ
quadrophony
kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ
radiophony
ˌreɪdɪˈɒfənɪ
satanophany
ˌseɪtənˈɒfənɪ
stereophony
ˌsterɪˈɒfənɪ
tautophony
tɔːˈtɒfənɪ
theophany
θɪˈɒfənɪ
Zoffany
ˈzɒfənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOPHONY

homophile
homophobe
homophobia
homophobic
homophone
homophonic
homophonically
homophonous
homophyllic
homophyly
homoplasmy
homoplastic
homoplastically
homoplasty
homoplasy
homopolar
homopolarity
homopolymer
homopolymeric
homopteran

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOPHONY

Anthony
antiphony
aphony
autochthony
ciphony
diaphony
dodecaphony
euphony
laryngophony
phony
polyphony
radiotelephony
symphony
telephony
wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of homophony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homophony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOPHONY

Find out the translation of homophony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homophony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homophony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同音字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homofonía
570 millions of speakers

English

homophony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homophony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

homophony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гомофония
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homofonia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homophony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homophonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homophony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Homophonie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホモフォニー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homophony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homophony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒத்திசைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होमोफनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homofoni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omofonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homofonia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомофонія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omofonie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοφωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homofonie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homophony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homofoni
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homophony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOPHONY»

The term «homophony» is normally little used and occupies the 138.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOPHONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homophony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homophony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homophony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOPHONY»

Discover the use of homophony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homophony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Person
(60) Horizontal Homophony Hierarchy nohomophony < (3/3+3), (2/2+3), (1/excl), (1/incl) The Horizontal Homophony Hierarchy accounts for 90 per cent of the horizontal homophonies in Cysouw's sample. The figures in Table 3.3 confirm the  ...
Anna Siewierska, 2004
2
Homophony
This is distinct from polyphony, in which parts move with rhythmic independence, and monophony, in which all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
3
Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
The difference between true homophony and paradigms like (25) is not obvious but is demonstrable. The English suffix -er in fact has been and in some dialects may still be a homophonous form representing two affixes. The subjective suffix ...
Francis Katamba, 2004
4
Pronouns: Grammar and Representation
The presence or absence of these three kinds of homophony is now crosscut with the occurrence of an inclusive/exclusive opposition within the same paradigm. First, the inclusive/exclusive opposition is inversely correlated with singular ...
Horst J. Simon, Heike Wiese, 2002
5
Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory
4.1.4 Polysemy and Homophony 4.1.4.1 Homophony, Homography, Homonymy In the present study the term 'homophony' designates the relation between two lexical entries associated with a single phonological representation and distinct ...
Neal R. Norrick, 1981
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Neutralization
(1) Anti-homophony in the lexical domain: an otherwise pervasive phonological or morphological process is blocked in those cases where it would derive homophony between or among particular lexemes. We'll briefly consider a well- known ...
Daniel Silverman, 2012
7
Form and Function in Language Research: Papers in Honour of ...
2 oppositions via 2 overt forms: with homophony of 2nd & 3rd > with homophony of 1st & 3rd > with homophony of 1st & 2nd > d. 2 oppositions via 1 overt form; homophony non-zero: with homophony of 2nd & 3rd & paradigmatic zero in 1st ...
Johannes Helmbrecht, 2009
8
English Words: History and Structure
It differs from all other published alphabetical root lists where only the homophony of invariable forms is evident, as vir "male" and vir "poison." In many of the pairs collected here only one of several possible allomorphs is involved in the ...
Robert P. Stockwell, Donka Minkova, 2001
9
Forgotten Ideas, Neglected Pioneers: Richard Semon and the ...
The idea that ecphoric stimuli and engram complexes are comprised of multiple components formed the basis of Semon's conceptualization of homophony. Homophony was briefly described in Chapter 7 as a resonance metaphor that Semon ...
Daniel L. Schacter, 2012
10
Scripts and Literacy: Reading and Learning to Read ...
Reading and Learning to Read Alphabets, Syllabaries, and Characters Insup Taylor, David R. Olson. Homonomy A fourth consideration is the degree of homophony present in a language. How many separate lexical units sound alike ?
Insup Taylor, David R. Olson, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOPHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homophony is used in the context of the following news items.
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McDonald's gets complaints that 'Minions' toy uses curse words …
... probably chalk it up to a case of Mondegreen, a psychological occurrence in which people mishear a phrase as a result of near-homophony. «Rapid News Network, Jul 15»
2
We swear those 'Minions' aren't swearing — McDonald's
... a psychological occurrence in which people mishear a phrase as a result of near-homophony. Inside the box was the food and a toy Minion, ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
3
McDonald's latest debacle: 'swearing minions' Happy Meal toy
... probably chalk it up to a case of Mondegreen, a psychological occurrence in which people mishear a phrase as a result of near-homophony. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
4
The Internet of Things You Don't Really Need
The writer Adam Greenfield called it Everyware, a term that might have stuck save for the subtlety of homophony. Like the mouse and the ... «Nextgov, Jun 15»
5
Review: Haffner Orchestra
Key change, imitation, homophony, polyphony, fugue, theme and variation, AB form, augmentation, diminution—everything is there. «virtual-lancaster, Jun 15»
6
The Endellion String Quartet @ Wigmore Hall, London
The third movement's opening pizzicato-accompanied tune soon gave way to frenetic homophony which, via a set of imitative passages, spun ... «musicOMH.com, Jun 15»
7
Copley's imaginative staging of Mozart continues to delight at SFO
After no end of counterpoint, the listener is finally confronted with an extended passage in homophony, during which the basses hold a pedal ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
8
Better than Brahms?
... wieder zufrieden meine Seele” (“Be content, O my soul”), and in the alternating homophony and counterpoint of Johann Michael Bach's “Herr ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
9
The City of San Francisco honors Elizabeth Avakian
Sainte-Agathe was wise to avoid any sophisticated counterpoint, sticking instead to homophony and simple canon structures. Still, it was ... «Examiner.com, May 15»
10
Fanny Mendelssohn gets her turn at Noontime Concerts™
Most striking, however, was her approach to fast-paced homophony, involving either the two violins or the entire quartet. This is a real high-wire ... «Examiner.com, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Homophony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/homophony>. May 2024 ».
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