同音語

同音語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	音	語
どう Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 同音 (dōon, “homophonous”) +‎ 語 (-go, “utterance”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) どーおんご [dòóóńgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːõ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

同(どう)音(おん)語(ご) • (dōongo) 

1. (linguistics) Synonym of 同音異義語 (dōon igigo, “homophone”) (words with the same pronunciation)