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Noun: polyphonic letter
  1. A letter that has two or more pronunciations
    "'c' is a polyphonic letter because it is pronounced like 'k' in 'car' but like 's' in 'cell'";
    - polyphone

Derived forms: polyphonic letters

Type of: alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet

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