phoneme

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈfoʊnim/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈfəʊniːm/

Noun

phoneme (plural phonemes)

1. 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.

Translations

• French: phonème
• German: Phonem
• Italian: fonema
• Portuguese: fonema
• Russian: фоне́ма
• Spanish: fonema

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