ALL meanings of diaphone
di·a·phone
D d - noun diaphone the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language 3
- noun diaphone one of any number of corresponding sounds in different dialects of a language 3
- noun diaphone a foghorn that emits a two-toned signal 3
- noun diaphone a group of speech sounds consisting of all the variants of a given phoneme in all the utterances of all the speakers of a given language 3
- noun diaphone Phonetics. a phoneme in one dialect corresponding to a similar but phonetically different phoneme in a related dialect. a group of sounds comprising all the phonetically different dialectal variants of a given phoneme in a language: The broad a and flat a of “half” are members of a single diaphone. 1
- noun diaphone A low-pitched fog signal operated by compressed air, characterized by the “ grunt ” that ends each note. 1
- noun diaphone a foghorn producing a low-pitched, penetrating signal of two tones. 1
- noun diaphone A kind of organ pipe. 0
- noun diaphone A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air. 0
- noun diaphone (linguistics) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme. 0
- noun diaphone All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole. 0