polyphone

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ phone

Noun

polyphone (plural polyphones)

A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

Translations

polyphone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多音字 (zh) (duōyīnzì) (homograph, refers to characters with more than one reading)
Japanese: 多音語 (taongo)

See also

homograph (the pronunciation may be the same or different)
homonym (if the pronunciation is the same)
heteronym (if the pronunciation is different)

Anagrams

pleophony

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