WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
al•lo•graph
(al′ə graf′, -gräf′),USA pronunciation n.
al•lo•graph•ic
(al′ə graf′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Linguisticsa variant form of a grapheme that is in complementary distribution or free variation with another form of the same grapheme, as t and T or n in run and nn in runner; an orthographic contextual variant. Cf. grapheme.
- writing or a signature inscribed by one person for another, as distinguished from autograph.
- Lawa deed or other legal document not in the writing of any of the persons who are party to it.
- allo- + -graph, on the model of allophone 1950–55