Usually means: Alternative pronunciation of a phoneme.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word allophone:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. allophone: Merriam-Webster
  2. allophone, allophone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. allophone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. allophone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. allophone: Vocabulary.com
  6. allophone: Wordnik
  7. allophone: Wiktionary
  8. allophone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. allophone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. allophone: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. allophone: Dictionary.com
  12. Allophone (Canada), Allophone (Quebec), Allophone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. allophone: Rhymezone
  14. allophone: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. allophone: FreeDictionary.org
  16. allophone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. allophone: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. allophone: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. allophone: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See allophones as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
noun:  A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
noun:  (Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language.
adjective:  (Canada) Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
adjective:  That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

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