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HOMOPHONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homophonic mean?
• HOMOPHONIC (adjective)
The adjective HOMOPHONIC has 2 senses:
1. having the same sound
2. having a single melodic line with accompaniment
Familiarity information: HOMOPHONIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the same sound
Similar:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Derivation:
homophone (two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear))
homophony (the same pronunciation for words of different origins)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a single melodic line with accompaniment
Similar:
monophonic (consisting of a single melodic line)
Derivation:
homophony (part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style))
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