Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [al-uh-fohn]
- /ˈæl əˌfoʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [al-uh-fohn]
- /ˈæl əˌfoʊn/
Definitions of allophone word
- noun allophone any of several speech sounds that are regarded as contextual or environmental variants of the same phoneme. In English the aspirated initial (p) in pot and the unaspirated (p) in spot are allophones of the phoneme /p/ 3
- noun allophone a Canadian whose native language is neither French nor English 3
- noun allophone any of the variant forms of a phoneme as conditioned by position or adjoining sounds 3
- noun allophone any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t- sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats, catnip, button, metal, city; a speech sound constituting one of the phonetic manifestations or variants of a particular phoneme. 1
- noun allophone Any of the speech sounds that represent a single phoneme, such as the aspirated k in kit and the unaspirated k in skit, which are allophones of the phoneme k. 1
- noun allophone (phonetics) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme. 0
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Origin of allophone
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; allo- + phone2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Allophone
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
allophone popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
allophone usage trend in Literature
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See also
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