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

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