allophone
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English
Etymology
From allo- (“different”) + -phone.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaləˌfəʊn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæləˌfoʊn/
Audio (US) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæləˌfəʉn/
Noun
allophone (plural allophones)
- (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
- [ʋ] is occasionally considered to be 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/; […]
- A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
- (Quebec) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
Derived terms
Translations
alternative pronunciation for a phoneme
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person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French
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person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority
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See also
Adjective
allophone (comparative more allophone, superlative most allophone)
- (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, […]
- That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.
Translations
of a language neither English nor French
of a language other than that spoken by the majority
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English allophone.
Pronunciation
Noun
allophone m (plural allophones)
- (phonetics, phonology) allophone (any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme)
- Coordinate term: phonème
- allophone (person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority)
See also
Further reading
- “allophone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.