word
allophone
AL-oh-fohn
ˈæloʊfoʊnListen
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Syllable breakdown
allophone
Dictionary meaning
A phonetic variant of a phoneme that does not change word meaning; for example, the aspirated /p/ in 'pin' and unaspirated /p/ in 'spin' are allophones of the same phoneme /p/ in English.
History and origin
Greek — 'allos' (other) + 'phone' (sound).
Common mispronunciations
al-OH-fohnAL-oh-fone
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