Associations to the word «Allophone»
Noun
Adjective
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
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.