al·lo·phone ( l  -f n )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. al lo·phonic (-f n k) adj.al lo·phoni·cal·ly adv. |
allophone [ˈæləˌfəʊn]
n
1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) any of several speech sounds that are regarded as contextual or environmental variants of the same phoneme. In English the aspirated initial (p) in pot and the unaspirated (p) in spot are allophones of the phoneme /p/
2. Canadian a Canadian whose native language is neither French nor English
allophonic [ˌæləˈfɒnɪk] adj
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| Noun | 1. | allophone - (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme linguistics - the scientific study of language phoneme - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language |
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