OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26077

allophone

/ˈaləˌfəʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alófono
Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
In some languages, [ʋ] is an allophone of /v/.
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…
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