VV(6) - Allographs (1)

[David Morris]

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Main Entry: all-
Variant(s): or allo-
Function: combining form
Etymology: Greek, from allos other -- more at ELSE
1 : other : different : atypical <allogamous> <allotropy>
2 allo- : isomeric form or variety of (a specified chemical compound)
<allopurinol>
3 allo- : being one of a group whose members together constitute a structural
unit especially of a language <allophone> 


Main Entry: al·lo·graft
Pronunciation: 'a-l&-"graft
Function: noun
Date: 1961
: a homograft between allogeneic individuals
- allograft transitive verb 


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Main Entry: al·lo·graph
Pronunciation: 'a-l&-"graf
Function: noun
Date: 1951
1 : a letter of an alphabet in a particular shape (as A or a)
2 : a letter or combination of letters that is one of several ways of
representing one phoneme (as pp in hopping representing the phoneme \p\)
- al·lo·graph·ic /"a-l&-'gra-fik/ adjective 

Main Entry: pho·neme
Pronunciation: 'fO-"nEm
Function: noun
Etymology: French phonème, from Greek phOnEmat-, phOnEma speech sound,
utterance, from phOnein to sound
Date: circa 1916
: any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that
correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (as the velar \k\ of cool and the
palatal \k\ of keel) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in
the language 



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