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Allophone

noun
/ˈaləˌfəʊn/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAny of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
"[ʋ] is occasionally considered to be an allophone of /v/"
2.nounA person whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada.
3.nounA person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
4.adjectiveOf or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada
5.adjectiveThat which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Synonyms

fricativeethnicallophonicsalternantalternationablautallotropeaffricatizationautantonymaspronanacolouthonanacolutha

Rhymes With

moangroandronebemoancornerstonetonestonecondone
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