allophone
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allophone1 /ˈaləfəʊn/
▶noun Phonetics any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language, which do not contribute to distinctions of meaning.
– derivatives
allophonic adjective.
allophonic adjective.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allophone2
▶noun Canadian (especially in Quebec) an immigrant whose first language is neither French nor English.
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