ALLOPHONE

allophone

(noun) (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

allophone (plural allophones)

(phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.

(Canada, strict) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.

(Canada) A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.

Adjective

allophone (comparative more allophone, superlative most allophone)

(Canada) That which is of a language neither English nor French.

(Canada) That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Source: Wiktionary



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