allophone

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• UK: /ˈaləˌfəʊn/
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• US: /ˈæləˌfoʊn/
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• Australian: /ˈæləˌfəʉn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 L AH0 F OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English allophone From allo- (“different”) + -phone.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: allophone — of a language neither English nor French
• Finnish: vähemmistökieltä äidinkielenään puhuva — of a language other than that spoken by the majority
• French: allophone — of a language other than that spoken by the majority
• German: allophon — of a language other than that spoken by the majority
• Spanish: alófono — of a language other than that spoken by the majority
• Armenian: ենթահնչույթ (entʻahnčʻuytʻ) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Armenian: ալլոֆոն (allofon) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Catalan: al·lòfon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Chinese Mandarin: 同位異音 /同位异音 (tóngwèi yìyīn) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Dutch: allofoon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Dutch: foonvariant — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Dutch: stemvariant — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Esperanto: alofono — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Finnish: allofoni — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• French: allophone — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Galician: alófono — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• German: Allophon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• German: Allofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• German: Phonemvariante — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• German: Fonemvariante — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• German: Lautvariante — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Greek: αλλόφωνο (allófono) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Irish: allafón — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Italian: allofono — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Italian: variante combinatoria — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Japanese: 異音 (ion) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Korean: 이음 (ieum) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Mongolian: авиалбарын хувилбар (avialbaryn xuvilbar) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Polish: alofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Polish: allofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Portuguese: alófono — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Russian: аллофо́н (allofón) — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Serbo-Croatian: alofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Lower Sorbian: alofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Spanish: alófono — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Swedish: allofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Turkish: alofon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Vietnamese: tha âm vị — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Vietnamese: tha âm — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Welsh: aloffon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Welsh: allffon — alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
• Plains-Cree: opîtatowêw — person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French
• French: allophone — person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French
• Finnish: vähemmistökieltä äidinkielenään puhuva — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
• French: allophone — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
• German: Allophoner — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
• German: Allophone — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
• Spanish: alófono — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
• Spanish: alófona — person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority