minimal pair
Noun
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Noun
minimal pair (plural minimal pairs)
- (phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.
- "Beach and bitch" and "bun and ban" are examples of minimal pairs.
- near-minimal pair
- French: paire minimale
- German: Minimalpaar
- Italian: coppia minima
- Portuguese: par mínimo
- Russian: минима́льная па́ра
- Spanish: par mínimo
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