- (phoneme) (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
- (phonemic) of or relating to phonemes of a particular language; "phonemic analysis"
- In a language or dialect, a phoneme (from the φώνημα, phōnēma, "a sound uttered") is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances.
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- (phoneme) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones
- (phonemic) relating to phonemes; relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
- (phoneme) a minimal sound unit of speech that, when contrasted with another phoneme, affects the meaning of words in a language, as /b/ in book contrasts with /t/ in took, /k/ in cook, /h/ in hook.
- (phoneme) the smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning. "M", in "man," and "c", in "can," are phonemes. See also: morpheme.
- (Phoneme) Smallest unit of speech used to differentiate word meanings from one another, yet without having its own meaning (for example: the h in ‘house’ or the m in ‘mouse’).
- (Phoneme) A speech sound. Each speech sound (phoneme) is represented by a phonetic symbol. Examples of phonetic symbols: /ä/, /t/, /k/, /ô/, /ŋ/.
- (Phoneme) a unit of sound, formed in the phonetic matrix.
- (Phoneme) an individual sound unit in spoken words
- (Phoneme) The smallest unit of speech sound that makes a difference in communication. For example, fly consists of three phonemes: /f/-/l/-/`i/.
- (phoneme) the smallest distinctive segment of sound in any language. It is actually comprised of a group of similar sounds, called allophones, which native speakers of a language may perceive as being all the same. ...
- (phoneme) The distinctive sounds of a particular language system are its phonemes, studied in phonology. ...
- (PHONEME) A basic sound unit in a language ('t' and 'd' are separate phonems; 'c' and 'k' may be the same or different; 'ph' and 'f' are the same in English).
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- (Phoneme (formerly phonograph)) smallest linguistic sound to distinguish monemes (the "m" in mate or the "f" in fate).
- (Phoneme) A class of phones identified by a native speaker as the same sound; a mental entity (or category) related to various allophones by phonological rules. [Language Files]
- (Phoneme) A class of phones which contrast with other phonemes in a language. For instance, in English the phoneme /t/ is realized as a plosive at the beginning of a word (e.g. term) but as a flap between vowels in most positions (e.g. ...
- (Phoneme) A linguistics term. It refers to a particular sound made in uttering speech. Each language uses a set of phonemes, where each sound can be clearly recognized by one who speaks the language -- so that these sounds can be joined to other sounds in various ways to produce meaningful words ...
- (Phoneme) A single unit of sound within a word. Example: /a/, /b/, /ch/
- (Phoneme) A symbol representing a phone (i.e., a distinctive sound), abstracted from spoken words.
- (Phoneme) Significant sound contrast in a language that serves to distinguish meaning, as in minimal pairs.
- (Phoneme) Smallest distinctive sound unit. Some phonemes have slightly different forms called "allophones," similar in sound, but with small differences often based on complimentary distribution (appearing in different sound environments).