| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Of or related to or being homonyms.[Wordnet] 2. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.[Websters] 3. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous.[Websters] 4. Being ambiguous, equivocal, backhanded, double-barrelled or oracular. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb homonymously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (homonymously) |
1. In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.[Websters]. 2. Equivocally; ambiguously.[Websters]. 3. In an equivocal manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an ambiguous manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective homonymous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Date "Homonymous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references) |
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Etymology:Homonymous \Ho*mon"y*mous\, adjective. [Latin expression homonymus, Greek; the same +, for name; akin to English name.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Equivocal; ambiguous; that has different significations, or may be applied to different things.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Health | A pair of points, one in each retina, which, when stimulated, give rise to a percept of common visual direction. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] having the same name as another. (references) | ||
| 2: [Adjective] of or pertaining to a homonym. (references) | |||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Homonymous diplopia | Medicine | Diplopia in which the image seen by the right eye is to the right of the image seen by the left eye. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Homonymous hemianopia | Geology | Homonymous hemianopia is the loss of the same half (either left or right) of the visual field for both eyes. This is often experienced by those who have suffered strokes. (references) | |
| Homonymous hemianopia | Medicine | Hemianopia involving the nasal half of the visual field of one eye and the temporal half of the visual field of the other eye. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Homonymous points | Medicine | A pair of points, one in each retina, which, when stimulated, give rise to a percept of common visual direction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Extended Definition: HOMONYMOUSHomonymousHomonymous may refer to:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Homonymous". Image Credit. |
Topics by Level of Interest: HOMONYMOUS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Homonymous hemianopsia | 5 | Homonymous | 2 | |
| Homonymous | 2 | Homonymous hemianopsia | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Balgarski | омонимен (homonymous, parotid), двусмислен (ambiguous, dark, double, double-barrelled, equivocal), едноименен (homonymous, of the same name). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | omonimen (homonymous, parotid), dvusmislen (ambiguous, dark, double, double-barrelled, equivocal), ednoimenen (homonymous, of the same name). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | homonymní (homonymous, homonymic), homonymumní (homonymous), homonymický (homonymous). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | homônimo (homonymous, homonym). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | омонимен (homonymous, parotid), двусмислен (ambiguous, dark, double, double-barrelled, equivocal), едноименен (homonymous, of the same name). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | omonimen (homonymous, parotid), dvusmislen (ambiguous, dark, double, double-barrelled, equivocal), ednoimenen (homonymous, of the same name). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | homonyme (homonymous). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | homonymní (homonymous, homonymic), homonymumní (homonymous), homonymický (homonymous). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 同名的 (homonymic, homonymous), 双关的 (homonymous), 同音異义的 (homonymous, homophonic, homophonous). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 同名的 (homonymic, homonymous), 雙關的 (homonymous, equivocal). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | homonymní (homonymous, homonymic), homonymumní (homonymous), homonymický (homonymous). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | omonim (namesake, homonym, namesakes, homonymous). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | homonyme (homonymous). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | homonyme (homonymous). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | همنام (namesake, homonymous, synonym, synonyms), داراي دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), داراى دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), هم صدا (assonant, homophonic, unisonal, unisonant, unisonous). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | homonymisch (homonymous, homonymously), homonym (homonym, homonymous, of the same name, homonymously), namensvetter (namesake, homonymous, namesakes). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | homoniem (homonym, homonymous, homonyms, of the same name), homoniemen (homonymous), gelijkluidend (consonant, homonymous, identical, homologous, uniform with). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | homonyme (homonym, namesake, homonymous, of the same name, uniform with). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | homonyme (homonym, namesake, homonymous, of the same name, uniform with). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gaelg | co-ennymagh (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gailck | co-ennymagh (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | homonymisch (homonymous, homonymously), homonym (homonym, homonymous, of the same name, homonymously), namensvetter (namesake, homonymous, namesakes). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | ομωνυμικόσ (homonymous), ομώνυμοσ (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | omonimikos (homonymous), omonimos (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 동음이의어의 (homonymous), 애매한 (doublebarrdled, double-barreled, indefinite, clouded, cloudy), 쌍관의 (homonymous), 같은 쪽의 (homonymous), 같은 뜻의 (homonymous, equipollent, synonymous), 의미가 애매한 (homonymous), 같은 이름의 (homonymous), 동음 이의 의 (homonymous). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 동음이의어의 (homonymous), 애매한 (doublebarrdled, double-barreled, indefinite, clouded, cloudy), 쌍관의 (homonymous), 같은 쪽의 (homonymous), 같은 뜻의 (homonymous, equipollent, synonymous), 의미가 애매한 (homonymous), 같은 이름의 (homonymous), 동음 이의 의 (homonymous). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | ימינומוה (homonymous), שקשור בהומונים (homonymous), הוֹמוֹנִימִי (homonymous). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | homonymisch (homonymous, homonymously), homonym (homonym, homonymous, of the same name, homonymously), namensvetter (namesake, homonymous, namesakes). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | homonymisch (homonymous, homonymously), homonym (homonym, homonymous, of the same name, homonymously), namensvetter (namesake, homonymous, namesakes). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | omonimo (homonymous, namesake, homonym, homonymic), omonimi (homonymous, homonyms, namesakes), omonime (homonymous), omonima (homonymous). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | ימינומוה (homonymous), שקשור בהומונים (homonymous), הוֹמוֹנִימִי (homonymous). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 同音異義語の (homonymic, homonymous, homophonic), あいまいな (ambiguous, obscure, equivocal, vague, ambivalent), 同名の (homonymous), 同音異義の (homonymous). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 동음이의어의 (homonymous), 애매한 (doublebarrdled, double-barreled, indefinite, clouded, cloudy), 쌍관의 (homonymous), 같은 쪽의 (homonymous), 같은 뜻의 (homonymous, equipollent, synonymous), 의미가 애매한 (homonymous), 같은 이름의 (homonymous), 동음 이의 의 (homonymous). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lietuvi | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litauische | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litewski | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lithuanian | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litovskiy | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Liutuviskai | vienvardiškas (homonymous), homoniminis (homonymous). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx | co-ennymagh (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx Gaelic | co-ennymagh (homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | omonim (namesake, homonym, namesakes, homonymous). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | homonym (homonymous, homograph, homophone), navnebror (homonym, homonymous, namesake). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | همنام (namesake, homonymous, synonym, synonyms), داراي دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), داراى دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), هم صدا (assonant, homophonic, unisonal, unisonant, unisonous). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | همنام (namesake, homonymous, synonym, synonyms), داراي دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), داراى دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), هم صدا (assonant, homophonic, unisonal, unisonant, unisonous). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | همنام (namesake, homonymous, synonym, synonyms), داراي دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), داراى دوياچند معني مختلف (homonymous), هم صدا (assonant, homophonic, unisonal, unisonant, unisonous). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | będący homonimem (homonymous). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | będący homonimem (homonymous). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | będący homonimem (homonymous). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | homónimo (homonymous, homonym), homônimo (homonym, homonymous, homophone, namesake, nankeen). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | omonim (namesake, homonym, namesakes, homonymous). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | omonim (namesake, homonym, namesakes, homonymous). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | homonyma (homonymous). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | одноименный (homonymous). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | odnoimennyy (homonymous). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | одноименный (homonymous). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | odnoimennyy (homonymous). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian | хомониман (homonymous), једнакозвучан (homonymous), истоимен (homonymous). Additional references: Serbian, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | khomoniman (homonymous), јednakozvuchan (homonymous), istoimen (homonymous), istoimeni (homonymous)). Additional references: Serbian, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | homonyme (homonymous). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | homónimo (homonym, homonymous, namesake), homónimos (homonymous, homonyms, namesakes), homónimas (homonymous), homónima (homonymous). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | homonyma (homonymous). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | homonyma (homonymous). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | eşsesli (homonym, homonymic, homonymous, homophone, homophonic). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, homonymous. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “homonymous” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | hathagomathagonyathagmathagous (homonymous). Additional references: Athag, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | hagomagonyagmagous (homonymous). Additional references: Double Dutch, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Esperanto | samnoma (homonymous), homonima (homonymous). Additional references: Esperanto, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | #¤[V]¤|\|¥[V]¤(_)z (homonymous). Additional references: Leet, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | hopomoponyopmopous (homonymous). Additional references: Oppish, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | omonymoushay (homonymous). Additional references: Pig Latin, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran A | toong ee (homonymous), kangsvix ee (homonymous), kangmiaa ee (homonymous), gioo ee (homonymous). Additional references: Terran A, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | homonimo (homonym, homonymous). Additional references: Terran B, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | hubomubonyubmubous (homonymous). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, homonymous. (volunteer) | |||
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| Language | Period | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | ||
| Latin | 500 BCE - 1700 | uninomius (homonymous), homonymus (homonymous), cognominis (homonymous). Additional references: Latin, homonymous. (volunteer) | ||
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