allophone

English

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Etymology

allo- + -phone

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæləˌfəʊn/ X-SAMPA: /"{l@%f@Un/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæləˌfoʊn/ X-SAMPA: /"{l@%foUn/

Noun

allophone (plural allophones)

1. (linguistics) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
2. (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.

Translations

alternative pronunciation for a phoneme

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同位異音 (cmn), 同位异音 (cmn) (tóngwèi yìyīn)

• Finnish: allofoni (fi)
• French: allophone (fr) m
• Irish: allafón (ga) m
• Japanese: 異音 (ja) (いおん, ion)
• Korean: 이음 (ko) (ieum) (異音 (ko))

• Polish: alofon m
• Russian: аллофон (ru) (allofón) m
• Serbo-Croatian: alofon (sh) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: alofon m

• Vietnamese: tha âm vị (vi)