Allomorph Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Allomorph

Meaning 1 : any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound

    Example : calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite

Meaning 2 : a variant phonological representation of a morpheme

    Example : the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme