Hypertext Webster Gateway: "polyphone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polyphone \Pol"y*phone\, n.
A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound,
as read, which is pronounced r[=e]d or r[e^]d.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
polyphone
n : a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a
polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but
like `s' in `cell'" [syn: {polyphonic letter}]
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