allophony en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæ.lə.foʊ.ni/ (General-American)
- /əˈlɑ.fə.ni/ (General-American)
- /əˈlɒ.fə.ni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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 From allo- + -phony.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme; the state of a phoneme having multiple allophones.
Relateds
free variation · potayto, potahto
Translations (4)
el αλλοφωνία (variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme) · pt alofonia (variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme) · it allofonia (variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme) · fi allofonia (variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme)