fonem

See also: Fonem, fónem, and foném

Catalan

Verb

fonem

1. first-person plural present indicative of fondre

Danish

Noun

fonem n (singular definite fonemet, plural indefinite fonemer)

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

Related terms

• fonematisk

Further reading

• “fonem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch foneem, from French phonème, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, literally “sound made”, “utterance”; “thing spoken”, “speech”, “language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfonɛm/
• Rhymes: -nɛm, -ɛm, -m
• Hyphenation: fo‧nem

Noun

fonem (plural fonem-fonem)

1. (linguistics) phoneme

Derived terms

• fonem suprasegmental

Related terms

• fonemis

Further reading

• “fonem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lower Sorbian

Noun

fonem m inan

1. (phonology) 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

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

Derived terms

adjective

• fonemowy

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phonème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈnem/

Noun

fonem n (plural foneme)

1. phoneme

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fonem	fonemul		foneme	fonemele
genitive-dative	fonem	fonemului		foneme	fonemelor
vocative	fonemule			fonemelor

Related terms

• fonemic

References

• “fonem”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǒneːm/

Noun

fònēm m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо̀не̄м)

1. phoneme

   Synonym: fonéma

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fonem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.nɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɛm
• Syllabification: fo‧nem

Noun

fonem m inan (related adjective fonemowy)

1. (linguistics) phoneme (smallest unit of the phonological system of a language, with distinctive value)
   • 2003, Dietrich Scholze, editor, Im Wettstreit der Werte: sorbische Sprache, Kultur und Identität auf dem Weg ins 21. Jahrhundert‎^[2], Domowina Publishing House, →ISBN, page 126:

     Dypk nad e wšak woznamjenja fonem ě, mjechkosć konsonanta před e wostanje – nimo mjechkeho n – njewoznamjenjena.

     However, a dot above e means the phoneme ě, the softness of the consonant before e remains unmarked - apart from the soft n.

Declension

Declension of fonem (masculine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fonem	fonemaj	fonemy
genitive	fonema	fonemow	fonemow
dative	fonemej	fonemomaj	fonemam
accusative	fonem	fonemaj	fonemy
instrumental	fonemom	fonemomaj	fonemami
locative	fonemje	fonemomaj	fonemach
vocative	fonemo, fonemje	fonemaj	fonemy

References

• “fonem” in Soblex