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Definition of Heteronym
1. Noun. Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation. "The word `bow' is an example of a heteronym"
Definition of Heteronym
1. n. That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
Definition of Heteronym
1. Noun. (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning. ¹
2. Noun. (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heteronym
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteronym
Literary usage of Heteronym
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"An "antonym" of any word is a word of opposite meaning; a "homonym" of any word
is word having the same sound but a different meaning; a "heteronym" of any ..."
2. Vocabulary Centers, Grades 4-5 by Sandi Johnson (2006)
"Place the heteronym with the sentence it correctly completes. 3. Read the completed
sentences aloud. Turn the cards over to check your work. 4. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... my notice is in Eisler's ' Das Gefiiss- und periphere Nervensystem des Gorilla,"
where the customary heteronym, Herzbeutel, is abandoned for the regular ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... my notice is in Eisler's ' Das Gefass- und periphere Nervensystem des Gorilla,"
where the customary heteronym, Herzbeutel, is abandoned for the regular ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1885)
"Organ, a portion of the body, is the homonym of organ (Anglo-Saxon), a musical
instrument; it is the synonym of the English word, part; the heteronym of the ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"Organ, a portion of the body, is the homonym of organ (Anglo-Saxon), a musical
instrument; it is the synonym of the English word, part; the heteronym of the ..."
7. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"... warrant the use of the international proton rather than "Anlage," the
international and (to French anatomists, particularly) objectionable heteronym. ..."
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