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allophone

al·lop·hone

UK/ˈaləˌfəʊn/ US/ˈæləˌfoʊn/ uncommon

noun

1.

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

Origin

From allo- (“different”) + -phone.

Phrases

  • complementary allophone
  • complementary distribution

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Broader terms

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