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ALLOPHONIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allophonic mean?
• ALLOPHONIC (adjective)
The adjective ALLOPHONIC has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to allophones
Familiarity information: ALLOPHONIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to allophones
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
allophone ((linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme)
Derivation:
allophone ((linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme)
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