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English phoneme

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English phonemic

From phoneme + -ic.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈniː.mɪk/, /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
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(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /fəˈni.mɪk/, /foʊˈni.mɪk/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /fəˈniː.mɪk/
Rhymes: -iːmɪk
Hyphenation: pho‧ne‧mic

phonemic (not comparable)

(linguistics) Relating to phonemes.
We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
(linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
Tone is phonemic in Chinese.
(linguistics, of an orthography [writing system]) Corresponding precisely and consistently with the phonemes.
Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.

1. relating to phonemes — see also phonematic

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