allophone

From allo- (“different”) +‎ -phone.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaləˌfəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌfoʊn/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌfəʉn/

allophone (plural allophones)

1. (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.

   [ʋ] is occasionally considered to be an allophone of /v/

   • 2003, Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov, A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 33:

     In the former the bilabial phone forms an allophone of the phoneme /v/ in word-final position after /a/ and an allophone of the phoneme /u/ when it is preceded by an obstruent and followed by /a/; […]

2. A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
   1. (Quebec) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.

• allophonic
• allophonics
• allophony
• complementary allophone

• allomorph

allophone (comparative more allophone, superlative most allophone)

1. (Canada) Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
   • 2010, Charles Boberg, The English Language in Canada: Status, History and Comparative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23:

     In every case the allophone population is vastly larger than the proportion of francophones, which ranges from 4.2 percent […] from other parts of Canada more than international immigration from abroad: despite a growing allophone presence, […]

   • 2010, Statistics Canada, Canada Year, →ISBN:

     As immigration increases from different parts of the world, the linguistic makeup of Canada changes. In 2006, the allophone population—individuals whose mother tongue is neither English nor French—totalled 6.3 million, […]

2. That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

• complementary distribution

Borrowed from English allophone.

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.fɔn/

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allophone m (plural allophones)

1. (phonetics, phonology) allophone (any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme)

   Coordinate term: phonème

2. allophone (person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority)

• allomorphe
• allochtone

• “allophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.