HyperDic: allophone

English > 1 sense of the word allophone:
NOUNcommunicationallophone(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
allophone > pronunciation
Soundsae'lahfow.n
Rhymesacetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own...
English > allophone: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.
CategorylinguisticsThe scientific study of language
Broaderphoneme(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
Spanishalofono, alófono
Catalanal·lòfon
Adjectivesallophonicpertaining to allophones

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