allophone
Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phonemeAny of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
» The sound exists in the language, but only as an allophone.
Meaning
3 sensesAny of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
In some languages, [ʋ] is an allophone of /v/.
Allophon, Allofon, Phonemvariante
аллофо́нallofón
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
Allophoner, Allophone
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
(Canada)A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
- (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Examples
3 sentencesThe sound exists in the language, but only as an allophone.
The sound exists in the language only as an allophone of the phoneme /t/.
The two phones, which initially were allophones of a single phoneme, became distinct phonemes as a result of these sound changes.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
plural: allophones| Singular | allophone |
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regular