"allophone" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /a.lɔ.fɔn/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-allophone.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-allophone.wav Forms: allophones [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English allophone. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|en|allophone}} English allophone Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} allophone m (plural allophones)
  1. (phonetics, phonology) allophone (any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Phonetics, Phonology
    Sense id: en-allophone-fr-noun-pSmVD7zk Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 15 14 3 27 13 3 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  2. allophone (person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-allophone-fr-noun-9OEaiyPZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: allomorphe, allochtone
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