allophony

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der.

English allo-

English -phony

English allophony

From allo- + -phony.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɒ.fə.ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɑ.fə.ni/, /ˈæ.lə.foʊ.ni/

Noun

allophony (uncountable)

1. (phonology) Variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme; the state of a phoneme having multiple allophones.

Translations

variation in the phonetic realizations of a phoneme

Finnish: allofonia Greek: αλλοφωνία f (allofonía) Italian: allofonia Portuguese: alofonia f

See also

• free variation
• potayto, potahto