Diaphone

/ˈdaɪəfəʊn/

/ˈdaɪəfoʊn/

Translation of "diaphone" into Russian

diaphone

Noun

/ˈdaɪəfəʊn/

/ˈdaɪəfoʊn/

diaphone

diaphones pl

диафон

The diaphone was used as a foghorn on ships.

Диафон использовался как туманный горн на кораблях.

Definitions

diaphone

Noun

/ˈdaɪəfəʊn/

/ˈdaɪəfoʊn/

A type of foghorn that produces sound by means of a slotted piston moving back and forth in a cylinder.

The lighthouse was equipped with a diaphone to warn ships during foggy conditions.

(Phonetics) A set of speech sounds (phones) occurring in different dialects or phonetic environments that are regarded as realizations of the same underlying phoneme.

Lass describes the vowel in 'bath' as belonging to the same diaphone in both RP and General American despite their different qualities.