ALLOGRAPH


Meaning of ALLOGRAPH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-lə-ˌgraf ]

noun

Date: 1951

1. : a letter of an alphabet in a particular shape (as A or a)

2. : a letter or combination of letters that is one of several ways of representing one phoneme (as pp in hopping representing the phoneme p)

• al·lo·graph·ic ˌa-lə-ˈgra-fik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.