phonemic

English

Etymology

phoneme + -ic

Pronunciation

• US, UK: IPA: /fəˈniːmɪk/, X-SAMPA: /f@"ni:mIk/

  Rhymes: -iːmɪk

• Hyphenation: pho‧ne‧mic

Adjective

phonemic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) relating to phonemes

   We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.

2. (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language

   Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

Related terms

• phoneme
• phonetic
• phonology
• emic
• etic

Translations

Relating to phonemes

• Dutch: fonemisch (nl)

• French: phonémique (fr)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòineimeach (gd)

Pair of words

• Dutch: fonemisch (nl)
• Japanese: 音韻論 (ja) (on'inron)

• Russian: фонемный (ru) (fonjémnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòineimeach (gd)
• Sindhi: وايومِي (sd) (viomee)