English Explanatory Dictionary

allophony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme; the state of a phoneme having multiple allophones.

Pronunciation

/əˈlɒ.fə.ni/ /əˈlɑ.fə.ni/ /əˈlɔ.fə.ni/ /ˈæ.lə.foʊ.ni/

Word forms

allophony

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English -phony English allophony From allo- + -phony.

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