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phoneme
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phoneme
(noun)
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phoneme
/
ˈ
foʊˌniːm/
noun
plural
phonemes
phoneme
/
ˈ
foʊˌniːm/
noun
plural
phonemes
Learner's definition of PHONEME
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linguistics
:
the smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from another word
The sounds represented by “c” and “b” are different
phonemes
, as in the words “cat” and “bat.”
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— phonemic
/fə
ˈ
niːmɪk/
adjective
phonemic
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— phonemically
/fə
ˈ
niːmɪkli/
adverb
phonemically
distinct
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