pho·neme

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• pho|neme — «FOH neem», noun. 1. Linguistics. one of a group of distinctive sounds that make up the words of a language; the smallest significant unit of speech in a language. The words cat and bat are distinguished by their initial phonemes /k/ and /b/. A… …   Useful english dictionary

• mor|pho|pho|neme — «MOR fuh FOH neem», noun. any one of a set of phonemes that is a variant of a morpheme. Example: The phonemes s, z, and iz are morphophonemes of the plural morpheme s in such words as books, dogs, and houses …   Useful english dictionary

• neme — pho·neme; pro·toc·neme; spas·mo·neme; to·neme; trep·o·neme; nu·cle·o·lo·neme; …   English syllables

• phoneme — pho·neme …   English syllables

• phoneme — pho|neme [ fou,nim ] noun count LINGUISTICS an individual speech sound that makes one word different from another. For example, the b and f in bill and fill. ╾ pho|ne|mic [ fou nimık ] adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• phoneme — pho|neme [ˈfəuni:m US ˈfou ] n technical [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: phonème, from Greek phonema speech sound ] the smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from another word, such as the b and the p in big and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• phoneme — pho•neme [[t]ˈfoʊ nim[/t]] n. phn any of the minimal units of speech sound in a language that can serve to distinguish one word from another: The (p) of pit and the (b) of bit are considered two different phonemes, while the unaspirated (p) of… …   From formal English to slang

• phoneme — The smallest speech sound that provides meaning. [G. phonema, a voice] * * * pho·neme fō .nēm n a member of the set of the smallest units of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance from another in a language or dialect <the /p/ of… …   Medical dictionary

• a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

• di — di·al·able; di·al; di·al·de·hyde; di·a·lec·tal; di·a·lec·tal·ism; di·a·lec·tic; di·a·lec·ti·cal; di·a·lec·ti·cal·ly; di·a·lec·ti·cian; di·a·lec·to·log·i·cal; di·a·lec·tol·o·gist; di·a·lec·tol·o·gy; di·a·lis·ter; di·alkylamine; di·al·lage;… …   English syllables