Homophony (disambiguation)
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Homophony is from the Greek
ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), literally 'same-sounding,' from ὁμός (homós), "same" and φωνή (phōnē), "sound". It may refer to:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), literally 'same-sounding,' from ὁμός (homós), "same" and φωνή (phōnē), "sound". It may refer to:
- HomophoneHomophoneA homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
s - words with the same pronunciation. - HomophonyHomophonyIn music, homophony is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony, in which parts move with rhythmic independence, and monophony, in which all parts move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic...
− in music is a texture in which multiple voices move together in harmonyHarmonyIn music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
. - Homophony (writing)Homophony (writing)Homophony in a theory of writing systems is one of the forms of phonogram –meaning “different signs for the same value”, i.e...
− in a theory of writing systems is one of the forms of phonogramPhonogram (linguistics)A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...
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