allophone

English

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Etymology

allo- + -phone

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • IPA: /ˈæləˌfəʊn/
  • SAMPA: /"{l@%f@Un/
• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈæləˌfoʊn/
  • 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) Croatian: alofon (hr) m. Finnish: allofoni (fi) Japanese: 異音 (ja) (いおん, ion)

Korean: 이음 (ko) (ieum) (異音 (ko)) Lower Sorbian: alofon m. Polish: alofon m. Russian: аллофон (ru) (allofón) m. Vietnamese: tha âm vị (vi)