allophone

Meanings

Plural: allophones

Noun

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.

Adj

Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Origin / Etymology

From allo- (“different”) + -phone.

Scrabble Score: 14

allophone is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
allophone is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 17

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