ALLOPHONE


Meaning of ALLOPHONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-lə-ˌfōn ]

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 ˌa-lə-ˈfä-nik adjective

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