allomorph

[ al-uh-mawrf ]

noun
  1. any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound.

  2. Linguistics. one of the alternate contextually determined phonological shapes of a morpheme, as en in oxen, which is an allomorph of the English plural morpheme.: Compare morph.

  1. Mineralogy. paramorph.

Origin of allomorph

1
First recorded in 1865–70; allo- + -morph

Other words from allomorph

  • al·lo·mor·phic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for allomorph

allomorph

/ (ˈæləˌmɔːf) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. any of two or more different crystalline forms of a chemical compound, such as a mineral

Derived forms of allomorph

  • allomorphic, adjective

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