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• allophone — n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• allophone — 1> фон. аллофон(а) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• Allophone — In phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar speech sounds (phones) that belong to the same phoneme. A phoneme is an abstract unit of speech sound that can distinguish words: That is, changing a phoneme in a word can produce another word …   Wikipedia

• allophone — allophonic /al euh fon ik/, adj. allophonically, adv. /al euh fohn /, n. Phonet. any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats …   Universalium

• allophone — лингв. аллофон (фонетика) аллофон(а) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• allophone — noun Etymology: allo + phone Date: 1938 one of two or more variants of the same phoneme < the aspirated p of pin and the unaspirated p of spin are allophones of the phoneme p > • allophonic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• allophone — 1. adj, subst говорящий [говорящая] на другом языке 2. m лингв. омограф …   Большой французско-русский и русско-французский словарь

• Allophone — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En phonologie, un allophone est l une des réalisations sonores possibles d un phonème. En sociolinguistique et en sociodémographie, un allophone est une… …   Wikipédia en Français

• allophone — [ æləfəʊn] 1) Лингвистика: альтернант фонемы 2) Фонетика: аллофон …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Allophone (disambiguation) — Allophone can have several meanings:* Allophone in phonetics, one of different ways that a single phoneme may be pronounced. * Allophone in many demographic studies refers to someone whose native language is different than that of the official… …   Wikipedia