allophone

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ -phone.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌfəʊn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌfoʊn/

Noun

allophone (plural allophones)

(phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
(Canada, strict) A person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.
(Canada) A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.

Translations

alternative pronunciation for a phoneme

Armenian: ենթահնչույթ (hy) (entʿahnčʿuytʿ), ալլոֆոն (allofon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同位異音, 同位异音 (tóngwèi yìyīn)
Dutch: allofoon (nl), foonvariant, stemvariant
Esperanto: alofono
Finnish: allofoni
French: allophone (fr) m
German: Allophon (de) n, Allofon n, Phonemvariante f, Fonemvariante f, Lautvariante f
Irish: allafón m
Italian: allofono m, variante combinatoria
Japanese: 異音 (いおん, ion)

Korean: 이음 (ko) (ieum) (異音)
Polish: alofon m
Portuguese: alófono m
Russian: аллофо́н (ru) m (allofón)
Serbo-Croatian: alofon m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: alofon m
Spanish: alófono (es) m
Swedish: allofon (sv) c
Vietnamese: tha âm vị

person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French

French: allophone (fr) m, f
German: Allophoner m, Allophone (de) f

Spanish: alófono (es) m, alófona f

person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority

Adjective

allophone (comparative more allophone, superlative most allophone)

(Canada) That which is of a language neither English nor French.
(Canada) That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Translations

of a language neither English nor French

French: allophone (fr)
German: allophon

Spanish: alófono (es)

of a language other than that spoken by the majority

See also

complementary distribution

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