phonemic
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈniː.mɪk/, /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈni.mɪk/, /foʊˈni.mɪk/
- Rhymes: -iːmɪk
- Hyphenation: pho‧ne‧mic
Adjective
[edit]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 sounds of the phonemes.
- Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.
Derived terms
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[edit]relating to phonemes
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relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
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- English terms suffixed with -ic
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːmɪk
- Rhymes:English/iːmɪk/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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- English relational adjectives