🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fonológico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fونوˈlɔʒiku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phonological/ˌfɒn.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O teste avalia a consciência fonológica das crianças."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the system of contrastive sounds in a language or in human speech generally.

    "The researchers conducted a detailed phonological analysis of the regional dialects."
  2. 2

    Connected with the abstract phonemes and sound patterns underlying spoken words.

    "Children develop phonological awareness before they learn to read fluently."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin 'phonologia', combining the Greek root 'phōnē' (voice, sound) and '-logia' (study of). The adjectival suffix '-ical' was added to denote a relationship to the branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.

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