polyphone

Letters that make polyphone

o, e, l, n, p, h, y are letters that make 'polyphone'

Words within polyphone

phone, hone, PO, pol, pH, phon, one, on, polyp, NE, Po, Ho, Ne are words within 'polyphone'


1 possible definitions for 'polyphone'

Polyphone as "a letter that has two or more pronunciations"

Under this definition, polyphone is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

polyphonic letter has the same meaning as polyphone

polyphone as a type

'polyphone' can be a type of letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character.

Derivatives of polyphone

polyphonic is a derivative of polyphone.

Example of polyphone used within this context

"`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"



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