allophone

美 [ˈæləˌfoʊn]
英 [ˈæləˌfəʊn]
  • n.音位变体;(尤指魁北克省)母语既非法语也非英语的加拿大人
  • 网络同位音位;同位音;音素
复数:allophones  
allophone
n.
1.
音位变体,同位音 (同一音位有不同发音,如 little 中的第一个 l 与结尾的 l 发音不同)a sound that is slightly different from another sound, although both sounds belong to the same phoneme and the difference does not affect meaning. For example, the at the beginning of is different from the <eph>l</eph> at the end.
2.
(尤指魁北克省)母语既非法语也非英语的加拿大人a person who comes to live in Canada, especially Quebec, from another country, whose first language is neither French nor English