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POLYPHONIC LETTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A letter that has two or more pronunciations
Example:
'c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like 'k' in 'car' but like 's' in 'cell'
Synonyms:
polyphone; polyphonic letter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("polyphonic letter" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
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