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Lower Sorbian
Noun
alofon m inan
- allophone (alternative pronunciation for a phoneme)
Declension
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French allophone.[1] By surface analysis, alo- + -fon. First attested in 1948–1949.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlɔ.fɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔfɔn
- Syllabification: a‧lo‧fon
Noun
alofon m inan
- (phonology) allophone
- alofon spółgłoski ― allophone of a consonant
- jako alofon ― as an allophone
Declension
References
Further reading
- alofon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French allophone.
Noun
alofon n (plural alofone)
- allophone
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âlofoːn/
- Hyphenation: a‧lo‧fon
Noun
ȁlofōn m (Cyrillic spelling а̏лофо̄н)
- allophone
Declension