Archiphoneme
an abstract phonological unit consisting of the distinctive features common to two phonemes that differ only in that one has a distinctive feature lacking in the other. the archiphoneme is said to be realized when in a certain position an otherwise phonemic opposition is neutralized; thus, in german, while p and b are separate phonemes differing only in the distinctive feature of voicing, in final position the voicing or unvoicing of the l-b–l stop is nondistinctive, and the p- sound of leib “body” may be called the realization of the archiphoneme.
such a unit occurring in a position where the contrast between two or more phonemes is neutralized.
noun
(phonetics) an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /t/ for /t/ and /d/ in german rat and rad
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