NOUN | communication | allophone | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme |
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Sounds | ae'lahfow.n | |
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Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme. | |
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Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
Broader | phoneme | (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language |
Spanish | alofono, alófono | |
Catalan | al·lòfon | |
Adjectives | allophonic | pertaining to allophones |
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