"allomorph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.ə.mɔːf/ [UK], /ˈæl.oʊ.mɔɹf/ [US], /ˈæl.ə.mɔɹf/ [US] Forms: allomorphs [plural]
Etymology: allo- + -morph Etymology templates: {{confix|en|allo|morph}} allo- + -morph Head templates: {{en-noun}} allomorph (plural allomorphs)
  1. (chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance. Synonyms: paramorph Translations (crystalline form of a substance): allomorfi (Finnish), allomorfo [masculine] (Italian), а̏ломорф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁlomorf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-allomorph-en-noun-crnrbNcK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with allo-, English terms suffixed with -morph, Crystal Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with allo-: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -morph: 57 43 Disambiguation of Crystal: 98 2 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'crystalline form of a substance': 95 5
  2. (linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (phonological representation of a morpheme): 語素變體 (Chinese Mandarin), 语素变体 (yǔsù biàntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 異形體 (Chinese Mandarin), 异形体 (yìxíngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), alomorf [masculine] (Czech), allomorf [common-gender] (Dutch), allomorfi (Finnish), allomorphe [masculine] (French), Allomorph [neuter] (German), allomorf (Hungarian), allamorf [masculine] (Irish), allomorfo [masculine] (Italian), 異形態 (ikeitai) (alt: いけいたい) (Japanese), бүтээврийн хувилбар (büteevriin xuvilbar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), allomorf [masculine] (Polish), alomorf [masculine] (Polish), alomorfe [masculine] (Portuguese), а̏ломорф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁlomorf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alomorfo [masculine] (Spanish), allomorf [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-allomorph-en-noun-GxYOUZKr Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'phonological representation of a morpheme': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: allomorphic, allomorphism, allomorphy Related terms: allophone

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "büteevriin xuvilbar",
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      "sense": "crystalline form of a substance",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "phonological representation of a morpheme",
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      "code": "sv",
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