同音異義語
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 同 | 音 | 異 | 義 | 語 |
| どう Grade: 2 | おん Grade: 1 | い Grade: 6 | ぎ Grade: 5 | ご Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | ||||
Etymology
From 同音 (dōon, “homophonous”) + 異義 (igi, “different in meaning”) + 語 (-go, “utterance”)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) どーおんいぎご [dòóóń ígíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [6])
- IPA(key): [do̞ːõ̞ɰ̃ iɡʲiɡo̞]
Noun
同音異義語 (hiragana どうおんいぎご, rōmaji dōon igigo)
- (linguistics) a homophone (words with the same pronunciation)
- Synonym: 同音語 (dōongo)