Associations to the word «Allophone»

Wiktionary

ALLOPHONE, noun. (phonetics) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
ALLOPHONE, noun. (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.

Dictionary definition

ALLOPHONE, noun. (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche