pol·y·phone (p l  -f n )n. A written character or combination of characters having two or more phonetic values, such as the letter a or i in English. |
polyphone [ˈpɒlɪˌfəʊn]
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(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a letter or character having more than one phonetic value, such as English c, pronounced (k) before a, o, or u or (s) before e or i
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| Noun | 1. | polyphone - a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'" alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
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