Homophones, Homographs, Homonyms in English
Homofony, Homografy, Homonimy w języku angielskim
All these words are of Greek origin, the prefix ‘homo’ means ‘the same’.
Wszystkie te słowa mają pochodzenie greckie, a przedrostek „homo” oznacza „ten sam”.
Homophones, Homofony
All these words are of Greek origin, the prefix ‘homo’ means ‘the same’.
Homophones are words that sound the same (have the same pronunciation) but have different meanings and spellings.
Homo = the same + Phone = to sound
Homofony to słowa, które brzmią tak samo (mają tę samą wymowę), ale mają różne znaczenia i pisownię.
Homo = ten sam + Phone = brzmieć
EXAMPLES / PRZYKŁADY:
sea | see |
weak | week |
meat | meet |
be | bee |
hour | our |
knot | not |
to | two |
bare | bear |
dear | deer |
cell | sell |
fare | fair |
I | eye |
male | |
night | knight |
their | there |
berry | bury |
Homographs, Homografy
Homographs are words that have the same spelling but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciation.
Homo = the same + Graph = to write
Homografy to słowa, które mają tę samą pisownię, ale różne znaczenia, a czasem różną wymowę.
Homo = to samo + Graf = pisać
EXAMPLES / PRZYKŁADY:
lead /li:d/ | lead /led/ |
minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ | minute /maɪˈnjuːt/ |
read /ri:d/ | read /red/ |
live /lɪv/ | live /laɪv/ |
wind /wɪnd/ | wind /waɪnd/ |
tear /teə/ | tear /tɪə/ |
wound /wuːnd/ | wound /waʊnd/ |
refuse /rɪˈfjuːz/ | refuse /ˈrefjuːs/ |
row /rəʊ/ | row /raʊ/ |
bow /bəʊ/ | bow /baʊ/ |
record /rɪˈkɔːd/ | record /ˈrekɔːd/ |
produce/prəˈdʒuːs/ | produce /ˈprɒdʒuːs/ |
close /kləʊz/ | close /kləʊs/ |
present /prɪˈzent/ | present /ˈprezənt/ |
object /əbˈdʒekt/ | object /ˈɒbdʒekt/ |
Homonyms, Homonimy
Homonyms are words which are both homophones and homographs as they have the same pronunciation (sound the same ) and have the same spelling (are written the same) but have different meanings.
Homo = the same + Nym = name
Homonimy to słowa, które są zarówno homofonami, jak i homografami, ponieważ mają tę samą wymowę (brzmią tak samo) i tę samą pisownię (piszą się tak samo), ale mają różne znaczenia.
Homo = ten sam + Nym = imię
EXAMPLES / PRZYKŁADY:
left The opposite of right | left Past simple of ‘leave’ |
right The opposite of left | right correct |
letter A written message to or from someone | letter A symbol representing a sound in a language |
ring To make a phone call to someone | ring A circular shape; a group of people |
bat A small animal with wings that flies at night | bat A wooden stick used for hitting a ball in some games |
book A set of pages in a cover to read | book To arrange e.g. a room in a hotel |
bank A financial institution | bank A side of a river |
date A sweet fruit of palm trees | date Name/number of the day, month and year |
fly To move through the air using wings | fly A small insect with wings |
match To combine, connect | match A sports competition or event |
train To teach a person or animal some habit | train A vehicle that moves on track |
park A large area of land with grass | park To leave a vehicle in a place for some time |
row A line of things arranged next to each other | row To cause a boat to move through water by using oars |
fair Right or reasonable | fair Bright, pale (skin) |
crane A tall wading bird with long legs and a long neck | crane A tall metal structure used for lifting heavy objects |