allophonics en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English -phony English allophony Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English allophonics From allophony + -ics.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Allophony or its study
Rather they fall essentially within allophonics — the are of linguistic enquiry which deals with allophones.
2007, James Dickins, Sudanese Arabic: Phonematics and Syllable Structure:The vowel allophonics are much richer than the consonantal allophonics chiefly because vowels take on the colouring of the adjacent emphatic or emphatic-like consonants [...]
1990, Bernard Comrie, The Major Languages of South Asia, the Middle East and Africa: