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Laugh at my French - my translation means something different (7)

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I believe the answer is:

homonym

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'something different' is the definition.
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'laugh at my french my translation' is the wordplay.
'laugh' becomes 'ho' (representation of a laughing sound).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'my french' becomes 'mon' ('my' in French).
'translation' is an anagram indicator.
'my' with letters rearranged gives 'ym'.
'ho'+'mon'+'ym'='HOMONYM'

'means' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for homonym that I've seen before include "Word looking or sounding the same as another" , "Pole possibly" , "Each of two words spelled the same but of different meaning" , "similar-sounding name" , "Word of same spelling or sound but with different meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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