Allophone

The term "allophone" has multiple distinct meanings across different fields, including linguistics, chemistry, and music.

Meanings

• Allophone (linguistics): a variant of a phoneme, which is a unit of sound in a language
• Allophone (chemistry): a type of molecule that differs from another molecule by the replacement of one or more atoms
• Allophone (music): a musical instrument or sound that is similar to another, but with distinct characteristics

Related

• Linguistics
• Phonetics
• Molecular structure
• Music theory
• Phoneme