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hom⋅o⋅phone

[hom-uh-fohn, hoh-muh-]
–noun
1. Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
2. a written element that represents the same spoken unit as another, as ks, a homophone of x in English.

Origin:
1615–25; back formation from homophonous


See homonym.
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hom·o·phone   (hŏm'ə-fōn', hō'mə-)   
n.  One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.
ho·moph'o·nous (hō-mŏf'ə-nəs) adj.
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Word Origin & History

homophone 
1843, from Gk. homos "same" (see same) + phone "sound" (see fame).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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