phonemic

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Pronunciation

/fəˈniː.mɪk/

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/fəˈniː.mɪk/ · /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/ · /fəˈni.mɪk/ · /foʊˈni.mɪk/

Definition of phonemic

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Relating to phonemes.

“We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Relating to phonemes.

“We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.”
(not-comparable)Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.

“Tone is phonemic in Chinese.”
(not-comparable)Corresponding precisely and consistently with the phonemes.

“Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From phoneme + -ic.

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