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allophone

Noun

∙ Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme. phonetics
∙ A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French. Canada
∙ A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. Canada

Adjective

∙ That which is of a language neither English nor French. Canada
∙ That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority. Canada

BABYLON ENGLISH
allophone n.
phonetic variant of a phoneme (Phonetics)

WORDNET 2.0
allophone
Noun
1. (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
(hypernym) phoneme
(classification) linguistics

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Allophone
In phonology, an allophone (; from the , állos, "other" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice, sound") is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) or signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language. For example, (as in pin) and (as in spin) are allophones for the phoneme in the English language. The specific allophone selected in a given situation is often predictable from the phonetic context (such allophones are called positional variants), but sometimes allophones occur in free variation. Replacing a sound by another allophone of the same phoneme will usually not change the meaning of a word, although sometimes the result may sound non-native or even unintelligible. Native speakers of a given language usually perceive one phoneme in that language as a single distinctive sound, and are "both unaware of and even shocked by" the allophone variations used to pronounce single phonemes.
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allophone

Noun

∙ Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme. phonetics
∙ A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French. Canada
∙ A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. Canada

Adjective

∙ That which is of a language neither English nor French. Canada
∙ That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority. Canada

BABYLON ENGLISH
allophone n.
phonetic variant of a phoneme (Phonetics)

WORDNET 2.0
allophone
Noun
1. (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
(hypernym) phoneme
(classification) linguistics

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Allophone
In phonology, an allophone (; from the , állos, "other" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice, sound") is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds (or phones) or signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language. For example, (as in pin) and (as in spin) are allophones for the phoneme in the English language. The specific allophone selected in a given situation is often predictable from the phonetic context (such allophones are called positional variants), but sometimes allophones occur in free variation. Replacing a sound by another allophone of the same phoneme will usually not change the meaning of a word, although sometimes the result may sound non-native or even unintelligible. Native speakers of a given language usually perceive one phoneme in that language as a single distinctive sound, and are "both unaware of and even shocked by" the allophone variations used to pronounce single phonemes.
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