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POLYPHONIC LETTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyphonic letter mean?
• POLYPHONIC LETTER (noun)
The noun POLYPHONIC LETTER has 1 sense:
1. a letter that has two or more pronunciations
Familiarity information: POLYPHONIC LETTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A letter that has two or more pronunciations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
polyphone; polyphonic letter
Context example:
'c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like 'k' in 'car' but like 's' in 'cell'
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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