allomorph

al·lo·morph ¹

 (ăl′ə-môrf′)

n.

See paramorph.

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al′lo·mor′phic adj.

al′lo·mor′phism n.

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al·lo·morph ²

 (ăl′ə-môrf′)

n.

Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kăts), (z) of pigs (pĭgz), and (ĭz) horses (hôr′sĭz) are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme.

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[allo- + morph(eme).]

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al′lo·mor′phic adj.

al′lo·mor′phism n.

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allomorph

(ˈæləˌmɔːf)

n

1. (Linguistics) linguistics any of the phonological representations of a single morpheme. For example, the final (s) and (z) sounds of bets and beds are allomorphs of the English noun-plural morpheme

2. (Chemistry) any of two or more different crystalline forms of a chemical compound, such as a mineral

ˌalloˈmorphic adj

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al•lo•morph

(ˈæl əˌmɔrf)

n.

one of the alternate forms of a morpheme, as the plural form -en in oxen, the -es in stitches, and the vowel in men.

[1865–70]

al`lo•mor′phic, adj.

al′lo•mor•phism, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	allomorph - any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite" chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
	2.	allomorph - a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme" morpheme - minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units morphophoneme - (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme

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Translations

Allomorph

allomorfi

allomorphe

alomorf

allomorf

allomorph

[ˈæləʊmɔːf] N → alomorfo m

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