n.
Pronunciation: ' a-l ə - ˌ f ō n
Function: noun
Etymology: allo- + phone
Date: 1938
: one of two or more variants of the same phoneme <the aspirated \ p \ of pin and the unaspirated \ p \ of spin are allophone s of the phoneme \ p \ >
– al · lo · phon · ic \ ˌ a-l ə - ' fä-nik \ adjective