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HOMOPHONY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("homophony" is a kind of...):

part music (vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment))

Derivation:

homophonic (having a single melodic line with accompaniment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The same pronunciation for words of different origins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("homophony" is a kind of...):

pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)

Derivation:

homophonic (having the same sound)

homophonous (characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way)

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