diaphoneme

noun

di·​a·​pho·​neme

ˌdīəˈfōˌnēm,

ˈdīə(ˌ)fōˌn-

: a category or a member of a category consisting of the entire range of dialectal variants of an allophone

diaphonemic

¦dīəfō¦nēmik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

dia- + phoneme

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