allomorph
1 synonym for allomorph, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — In chemistry, an allomorph is one of the different crystalline forms that a substance can take.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
paramorph
How to use allomorph
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
allomorph of a morpheme
crystalline allomorph
different allomorphs
It's a specialist term used in linguistics and chemistry, not in everyday speech.
Etymology
Allomorph is formed from the prefix allo-, meaning other or different, joined to -morph, meaning form or shape.
Full origin of allomorph →Frequently asked questions
What does allomorph mean?
It depends on the field: in chemistry it's one of the crystalline forms a substance can take, and in linguistics it's one of the forms a morpheme can take.
What is an allomorph in linguistics?
It's one of the different phonological forms that the same morpheme can have, depending on its context.
Where does the word allomorph come from?
It's built from allo-, meaning other or different, and -morph, meaning form or shape.
