homophone
French, noun/ɔ.mɔ.fɔn/
homophone is a French masculine noun meaning “homophone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot ou hiéroglyphe ayant la même prononciation qu’un ou plusieurs autres”.
What does homophone mean in English?
adjective
- 1
homophonous
noun
- 1
masculinehomophone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se prononcent de la même façon. 2. Qui a le même son.
noun: 1. Mot ou hiéroglyphe ayant la même prononciation qu’un ou plusieurs autres. 2. Chacun d’un ensemble de codes assignés à un même élément de texte non-chiffré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of homophone
- homophones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homophone?
- /ɔ.mɔ.fɔn/
- \ɔ.mɔ.fɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to homophone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homophone in French?
homophone appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).