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allophonic

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al·lo·phone  (l-fn)
n.
1. Linguistics A predictable phonetic variant of a phoneme. For example, the aspirated t of top, the unaspirated t of stop, and the tt (pronounced as a flap) of batter are allophones of the English phoneme /t/.
2. or Allophone Canadian A person whose native language is other than French or English.
[allo- + phone(me).]
allo·phonic (-fnk) adj.
allo·phoni·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.allophonic - pertaining to allophones


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