Associations to the word «Phoneme»

Wiktionary

PHONEME, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

PHONEME, noun. (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras