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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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English Wikipedia has articles on:
allophone and allophone (Canada)
Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

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From allo- (“different”) +‎ -phone.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaləˌfəʊn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæləˌfoʊn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæləˌfəʉn/

Noun

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allophone (plural allophones)

  1. (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
    In some languages, [ʋ] is an allophone of /v/.
    • 2003, Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov, A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 33:
      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 followed by /a/; […]
  2. A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
    1. (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
      • 2025 April 24, Andy Riga, quoting Société de transport de Montréal, “No Habs No: Quebec orders STM to drop ‘Go’ from bus messages because it’s an English word”, in The Gazette‎[1], Montreal, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 April 2025:
        However, “the languages used by STM staff during customer interactions are French and English,” the transit authority said. “Indeed, during phone calls or emails, STM employees speak English with anglophone or allophone customers who do not speak French.”

Derived terms

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  • allophonic
  • allophonics
  • allophony
  • complementary allophone

Translations

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alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
  • Armenian: ենթահնչույթ (hy) (entʻahnčʻuytʻ), ալլոֆոն (hy) (allofon)
  • Catalan: al·lòfon (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 同位異音 / 同位异音 (tóngwèi yìyīn)
  • Dutch: allofoon (nl), foonvariant, stemvariant
  • Esperanto: alofono
  • Finnish: allofoni (fi)
  • French: allophone (fr) m
  • Galician: alófono (gl) m
  • German: Allophon (de) n, Allofon n, Phonemvariante f, Fonemvariante f, Lautvariante f
  • Irish: allafón m
  • Italian: allofono m, variante combinatoria
  • Japanese: 異音 (ja) (いおん, ion)
  • Korean: 이음(異音) (ko) (ieum)
  • Mongolian: авиалбарын хувилбар (avialbaryn xuvilbar)
  • Polish: alofon (pl) m, allofon (pl) m
  • Portuguese: alófono m
  • Russian: аллофо́н (ru) m (allofón)
  • Serbo-Croatian: alofon m
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: alofon m
  • Spanish: alófono (es) m
  • Swedish: allofon (sv) c
  • Turkish: alofon
  • Vietnamese: tha âm vị, tha âm
person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French
  • Cree:
    Plains Cree: opîtatowêw sg
  • Finnish: muuta kuin englantia tai ranskaa äidinkielenään puhuva
  • French: allophone (fr) m or f
person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
  • Finnish: vähemmistökieltä äidinkielenään puhuva
  • French: allophone (fr) m or f
  • German: Allophoner m, Allophone (de) f
  • Spanish: alófono (es) m, alófona f

See also

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  • allomorph

Adjective

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allophone (comparative more allophone, superlative most allophone)

  1. (Canada) Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
    • 2010, Charles Boberg, The English Language in Canada: Status, History and Comparative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
      In every case the allophone population is vastly larger than the proportion of francophones, which ranges from 4.2 percent […] from other parts of Canada more than international immigration from abroad: despite a growing allophone presence, […]
    • 2010, Statistics Canada, Canada Year, →ISBN:
      As immigration increases from different parts of the world, the linguistic makeup of Canada changes. In 2006, the allophone population—individuals whose mother tongue is neither English nor French—totalled 6.3 million, […]
  2. That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Translations

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of a language neither English nor French
  • Finnish: muuta kuin englantia tai ranskaa äidinkielenään puhuva
  • French: allophone (fr)
of a language other than that spoken by the majority
  • Finnish: vähemmistökieltä äidinkielenään puhuva
  • French: allophone (fr)
  • German: allophon
  • Spanish: alófono (es)

See also

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  • complementary distribution

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English allophone.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.lɔ.fɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

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allophone m (plural allophones)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) allophone (any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme)
    Coordinate term: phonème
  2. allophone (person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority)

See also

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  • allomorphe
  • allochtone

Further reading

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  • “allophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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