homonym

homonym

意味(日本語)

同音異義語 ◇onyma(=name)

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

意味(英語)

  • (noun) One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).
  • (noun) A word used to designate several different things.
  • (noun) A namesake.
  • (noun) Biology A taxonomic name identical to one previously applied to a different species or genus and therefore unacceptable in its new use.

例文

  • The first disagreement I have with her is in her use of the term homonym, which she defines as "[a word] looking the same, but differing in meaning

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語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう

anomalous

anomalous

変則的な、例外的な ◇Gk.an(=not)+homalos(=同一の)

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

anomaly

anomaly

変則、異常

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

【広告】

homogeneous

homogeneous

同種の ◇genos=gene(=kind 種)

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

homograph

homograph

同つづり異義語 ◇bark(=ほえる)、bark(=樹皮)

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

homosexual

homosexual

ホモ

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)

homogenize

homogenize

(牛乳を)均質化する ◇gene(=種)

語源

  • homo- : Gk.homos = same(同じ)