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HOMOGRAPH [6 records]

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Record 1 2025-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

A word pronounced the same as another word but of different meaning.

OBS

A homophone may or may not be a homograph.

OBS

The words "write" and "right" are examples of homophones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Mot qui se prononce de la même manière qu'un autre mot, mais dont le sens est différent.

OBS

Un homophone peut être ou non un homographe.

OBS

Les mots «eau» et «haut» sont des exemples d'homophones.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

A word of the same spelling as another word but of different meaning.

OBS

A homograph may or may not be a homophone.

OBS

The words "bow" meaning the front of a ship, "bow" meaning a loop made in a string or ribbon, and "bow" meaning a device used to shoot arrows are examples of homographs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Mot de même graphie qu'un autre, mais ayant une signification différente.

OBS

Un homographe peut être ou non un homophone.

OBS

Les mots «tour» (un tour sur soi-même) et «tour» (une tour de château) sont des exemples d'homographes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
CONT

... whereas the computer can far outstrip the human sorter in simple alphabetic sorting, it has no such advantages in... homograph separation.

OBS

The sorting stage of dictionary-making ... may be regarded as the sum of three processes - alphabetic ... sorting, "lemmatization", ... and the separation of homographs (thus the quotations for lead (the verb) would be grouped separately from those for lead (the noun].

OBS

homographs: Separate main entries are made for all words in the general language that are spelled identically but are of different derivation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
DEF

Mode de présentation des informations qui consiste à faire de chaque adresse [...] la vedette [...] d'un article [...] différent. Ainsi, dans le Petit Robert, qui procède par dégroupement, les adresses Compatible, Compatibilité, Incompatible, Incompatibilité sont les vedettes de quatre articles différents, éclatés aux lettres C et I, alors que ces quatre mots, appartenant à la même famille sont regroupés au sein d'un article unique dans le Dictionnaire du français contemporain.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vocabulary of the Terminology Bank
DEF

A parameter used to make the distinction between a designation used as a verb and a homograph belonging to another grammatical category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire de la Banque de terminologie
DEF

Paramètre utilisé pour distinguer une désignation à valeur verbale d'un homographe de nature grammaticale différente.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vocabulary of the Terminology Bank
DEF

A parameter used to make the distinction between a designation used as a noun and a homograph belonging to another grammatical category.

OBS

"Variable" is an example of a designation that can have the "noun" parameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire de la Banque de terminologie
DEF

Paramètre utilisé pour distinguer une désignation à valeur nominale d'un homographe de nature grammaticale différente.

OBS

«Variable» est un exemple de désignation pouvant avoir le paramètre «nom».

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
CONT

A declaration is said to be hidden within(part of) an inner declarative region if the inner region contains a homograph of this declaration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
OBS

Termes se rapportant au langage Ada.

Spanish

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