phonemicize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

phonemic +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

phonemicize (third-person singular simple present phonemicizes, present participle phonemicizing, simple past and past participle phonemicized)

  1. (transitive, linguistics) To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes.
  2. (intransitive, linguistics) To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic.