"xenophone" meaning in English

See xenophone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛn.ə.fəʊn/ [UK] Forms: xenophones [plural]
Etymology: xeno- + -phone Etymology templates: {{confix|en|xeno|phone}} xeno- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} xenophone (plural xenophones)
  1. (phonetics) A sound in speech that is not native to the language being spoken; a sound from a foreign language. Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (A sound in speech that is not native to a language): vieras äänne (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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