Associations to the word «Phonemic»

Wiktionary

PHONEMIC, adjective. (linguistics) relating to phonemes
PHONEMIC, adjective. (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
PHONEMIC MERGER, noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
PHONEMIC MERGERS, noun. Plural of phonemic merger
PHONEMIC SPLIT, noun. (linguistics) The phenomenon in which a single phoneme diverges into two different phonemes.

Dictionary definition

PHONEMIC, adverb. By phonemics; "phonemically transcribed".
PHONEMIC, adjective. Of or relating to phonemes of a particular language; "phonemic analysis".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne