phoneme
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phōnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōneō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnē, “sound”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈfəʊniːm/, SAMPA: /"f@Uni:m/
- (US) enPR: fōn'ēm, IPA: /ˈfoʊˌniːm/, SAMPA: /"foUni:m/
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- Hyphenation: pho‧neme
[edit] Noun
phoneme (plural phonemes)
- (linguistics) 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.
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indivisible unit of sound
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