"multiphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: multiphones [plural]
Etymology: multi- + phone Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|phone}} multi- + phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiphone (plural multiphones)
  1. (phonetics) A group of adjacent phones. Categories (topical): Phonetics Related terms: diphone, triphone

Inflected forms

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