alofon
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Lower Sorbian
Noun
alofon m inan
- allophone (alternative pronunciation for a phoneme)
Declension
Declension of alofon
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French allophone.[1] By surface analysis, alo- + -fon. First attested in 1948–1949.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
alofon m inan
Declension
Declension of alofon
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alofon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alofon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Further reading
- alofon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French allophone.
Noun
alofon n (plural alofone)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | alofon | alofonul | alofone | alofonele | |
| genitive-dative | alofon | alofonului | alofone | alofonelor | |
| vocative | alofonule | alofonelor | |||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
ȁlofōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̏лофо̄н)