Phoneme
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfəʊ.niːm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phoneme is a noun meaning (phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
Meaning
(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
Example Sentences
It is crucial for the phoneme structure of Finnish — traditionally /d/ has not been included in the Finnish phonotax, but it fulfils the criteria of a phoneme (Karlsson, 1983: 66-7).
Word Forms
- phonemes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grapheme, phone, archiphoneme, word, diaphoneme, morphophoneme.
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