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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'.


Synonymspolyphone


Broader (hypernym)alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet









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