- phonological system
- nounthe system of phones used in a particular language• Syn: ↑phonologic system• Hypernyms: ↑language system• Hyponyms: ↑tone system, ↑tonal system
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phonological — phonology ► NOUN ▪ the system of contrastive relationships among the fundamental speech sounds of a language. DERIVATIVES phonological adjective … English terms dictionary
language system — noun a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language • Hypernyms: ↑system, ↑scheme • Hyponyms: ↑accentual system, ↑prosodic system, ↑morphophonemic system, ↑phonemic system, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
phonologic system — noun the system of phones used in a particular language (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑phonological system • Hypernyms: ↑language system • Hyponyms: ↑tone system, ↑tonal system … Useful english dictionary
tonal system — noun the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language • Syn: ↑tone system • Hypernyms: ↑phonological system, ↑phonologic system • Part Holonyms: ↑tone language, ↑tonal language … Useful english dictionary
tone system — noun the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑tonal system • Hypernyms: ↑phonological system, ↑phonologic system • Part Holonyms: ↑tone language, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
