 polyphone |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a letter that has two or more pronunciations | |
| Synonyms: | polyphonic_letter | |
| Examples: | "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'" |
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| Related terms: | letter | |
| Similar spelling: |
polyphony polyphonic polyphonous |
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