English noun: polyphonic letter | |||
| 1. | polyphonic letter (communication) a letter that has two or more pronunciations | ||
| Samples | `c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'. | ||
| Synonyms | polyphone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | ||