heteronym
/ˈhetərənɪm/noun
Linguistics【语言学】
1
- each of two or more words which are spelled identically but have different sounds and meanings, such as tear meaning 'rip' and tear meaning 'liquid from the eye'同形异音异义词（如意为“撕裂”的tear 和意为“眼泪”的tear）。
2
- each of two or more words which are used to refer to the identical thing in different geographical areas of a speech community, such as nappy and diaper（同一言语社团中不同地域的）异形同义词（如nappy和diaper）。
3
- each of two words having the same meaning but derived from unrelated sources, for example preface and foreword（不同源的）异形同义词（如preface和foreword）. 与PARONYM相对。
派生词