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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis