Definition of phoneme Phoneme

/fowˈnim/ - [fowneem] - pho•neme

We found 5 definitions of phoneme from 4 different sources.

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What does phoneme mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: phonemes

phoneme - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
  speech sound, phone, sound (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  linguistics the humanistic study of language and literature
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

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  • phoneme (Noun)
    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.

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  • phoneme
    The smallest unit of sound which distinguishes meaning in a language.
  • phoneme
    A cognitive abstraction of a meaningless physical unit of a spoken or signed word.

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Sign Language

phoneme in sign language
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