allomorph

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ -morph.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.ə.mɔːf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.oʊ.mɔɹf/, /ˈæl.ə.mɔɹf/

Noun

allomorph (plural allomorphs)

1. (chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.

   Synonym: paramorph

2. (linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.

Derived terms

• allomorphic
• allomorphism
• allomorphy

 

Translations

crystalline form of a substance

• Finnish: allomorfi (fi)
• Italian: allomorfo (it) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏ломорф m

  Roman: ȁlomorf m

phonological representation of a morpheme

• Catalan: al·lomorf m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語素變體 / 语素变体 (yǔsù biàntǐ), 異形體 / 异形体 (yìxíngtǐ)

• Czech: alomorf m
• Dutch: allomorf (nl) c
• Finnish: allomorfi (fi)
• French: allomorphe (fr) m
• German: Allomorph (de) n
• Hungarian: allomorf
• Irish: allamorf m
• Italian: allomorfo (it) m
• Japanese: 異形態 (いけいたい, ikeitai)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бүтээврийн хувилбар (büteevriin xuvilbar)

• Polish: allomorf (pl) m, alomorf m
• Portuguese: alomorfe m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏ломорф m

  Roman: ȁlomorf m

• Spanish: alomorfo (es) m
• Swedish: allomorf (sv) c

See also

• allophone