Etymology

1. allophone

noun. ['ˈæləˌfoʊn'] (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.

Etymology

  • -phone (English)
  • φωνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
  • allo- (English)
  • ἄλλος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

Rhymes with Allophone

  • airfone
  • businessphone
  • dictaphone
  • earphone
  • earphone
  • francophone
  • gramaphone
  • headphone
  • homophone
  • megaphone
  • microphone
  • saxophone
  • sousaphone
  • telephone
  • videophone
  • vodafone
  • xylophone