allomorph
[ al-uh-mawrf ]
/ ˈæl əˌmɔrf /
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noun
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OTHER WORDS FROM allomorph
al·lo·mor·phic, adjectiveWords nearby allomorph
allolalia, allomerism, allomerize, allometry, allomone, allomorph, allomorphism, all on, all one, allonge, allonym
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British Dictionary definitions for allomorph
allomorph
/ (ˈæləˌmɔːf) /
noun
linguistics any of the phonological representations of a single morpheme. For example, the final (s) and (z) sounds of bets and beds are allomorphs of the English noun-plural morpheme
any of two or more different crystalline forms of a chemical compound, such as a mineral
Derived forms of allomorph
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