- allophone (1)
[allophone 词源字典]
- "Any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language, which do not contribute to distinctions of meaning. For example, in English an aspirated p (as in pin) and unaspirated p (as in spin) are allophones of p, whereas in ancient Greek the distinction was phonemic", 1930s: from allo- 'other, different' + phoneme.[allophone etymology, allophone origin, 英语词源]
- allophone (2)
- "(Especially in Quebec) an immigrant whose first language is neither French nor English", 1970s: from allo-, on the pattern of francophone.