how to pronounce allophone

/ˈæl.ə.fəʊn/

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allophone is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of allophone

noun:

Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada.

adjective:

Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French nor an Indigenous language of Canada.
That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.

allophone frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word allophone occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics allophone can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that allophone can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;