phonemize

English

Verb

phonemize (third-person singular simple present phonemizes, present participle phonemizing, simple past and past participle phonemized)

1. To make phonemic; to make (something) a distinct phoneme.
   • 1982, Martti Nyman, Relational and Reconstructive Aspects of Grammatical Systematization: Data-oriented Studies:

     It is quite natural to phonemize / […] /, because now there obtains an iconic relation between / […] / and its "realization" "—r". It […] would be awkward to phonemize / […] / and to regard [ […] ] as  […]