heteronym.
Calque.
Meaning & usage
Calque.
A word having the same spelling as another, but with a different meaning and (often) pronunciation.
The word lead (/ˈlɛd/), for the metal, and lead (/ˈliːd/), for a leash, are heteronyms.
The word agape, "astonished" or "wide open," is a heteronym of agape, "Christian love."
A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, hetero (“different”) + -onym (“name”). Compare Ancient Greek ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos). First attested in 1885 in sense 1. The coining of this term in sense 3 (as Portuguese heterónimo) is usually attributed to Fernando Pessoa.
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