allophone
pronunciation
How to pronounce allophone in British English: UK [ˈæləfəʊn]
How to pronounce allophone in American English: US [ˈæləfoʊn]
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- Noun:
- (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme .
- 2. In the middle of the night , transmit allophone as expected downstairs .