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Allophone

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Allophone"

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Word	Definition
fricativenoun	(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.
ethnicnoun	An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
allophonicsnoun	(linguistics) The use of allophones (alternative pronunciations).
alternantnoun	(linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph.
alternationnoun	The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
ablautnoun	(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
allotropenoun	(chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
affricatizationnoun	Alternative form of affrication. [(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.]
autantonymnoun	Alternative form of autoantonym. [(rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.]
aspronnoun	Alternative form of asper. [(phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.]
anacolouthonnoun	Alternative spelling of anacoluthon. [(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.]
anacoluthanoun	Alternative spelling of anacoloutha. [(rhetoric) A non-reciprocal synonym; a word of meaning similar to a word but that cannot substitute for that word in all uses.]
anacolouthonsnoun	Alternative spelling of anacoluthons.
sonorisationnoun	Alternative spelling of sonorization. [(phonetics, of a consonant) increase in sonority; act of sonorizing]
code switchingnoun	Alternative form of code-switching. [(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.]
alternitynoun	The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.
anacolouthnoun	Alternative spelling of anacoluth. [Synonym of anacoluthon.]
alfanoun	(Islam) A West African cleric or religious teacher.
alt.noun	(law) Abbreviation of alternative. [A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.]
nasalisationnoun	Alternative spelling of nasalization. [(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth]