fonem

See also: Fonem, fónem, and foném

Catalan

Verb

fonem

1. first-person plural present indicative form of fondre

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Danish

Noun

fonem

1. (linguistics) phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fonem	fonemet	fonemer	fonemerne
genitive	fonems	fonemets	fonemers	fonemernes

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

fonem m

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fonem	fonema	fonemy
Genitive	fonema	fonemowu	fonemow
Dative	fonemoju	fonemoma	fonemam
Accusative	fonem	fonema	fonemy
Instrumental	fonemom	fonemoma	fonemami
Locative	fonemje	fonemoma	fonemach

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French phonème, ultimately from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.nɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛm
• Syllabification: fo‧nem

Noun

fonem m inan

1. (phonetics, phonology) phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular	plural
nominative	fonem	fonemy
genitive	fonemu	fonemów
dative	fonemowi	fonemom
accusative	fonem	fonemy
instrumental	fonemem	fonemami
locative	fonemie	fonemach
vocative	fonemie	fonemy

Further reading

• fonem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fonem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French phonème.

Noun

fonem n (plural foneme)

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fonem	fonemul	(niște) foneme	fonemele
genitive/dative	(unui) fonem	fonemului	(unor) foneme	fonemelor
vocative	fonemule		fonemelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǒneːm/

Noun

fònēm m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀не̄м)

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular	plural
nominative	fonem	fonemi
genitive	fonema	fonema
dative	fonemu	fonemima
accusative	fonem	foneme
vocative	foneme	fonemi
locative	fonemu	fonemima
instrumental	fonemom	fonemima

Synonyms

• fonéma

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Upper Sorbian

Noun

fonem m

1. phoneme