Synonyms & related words for allophone

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Words related to allophone

Explore words related to allophone — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include allophonic, phoneme, phonemically, phonologically, morphophonemics, phonemic, devoiced, toneme. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does allophone come from?

The word allophone breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: allo-, from Greek allos (“other, different”); and phone, from Greek phone (“sound, voice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.