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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King