EGAVE

allophone

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
    In some languages, [ʋ] is an allophone of /v/.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
  4. adjective Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
  5. adjective That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

Similar words

fricative ethnic allophonics alternant alternation ablaut allotrope affricatization autantonym aspron

Often followed by

of is in occurs and which before for that

Word family

allophones allophonic

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