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Pronunciation / Transliteration: fonema
"O fonema é a unidade sonora básica da língua falada."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another.
"The words 'bat' and 'pat' differ in their first phoneme."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Ancient Greek word 'phonēma' meaning 'sound made', formed from 'phōnē' (voice, sound). It entered modern linguistic terminology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe the distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, such as the contrast between the French vowels represented by the IPA symbols ɑ and o.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phoneme" is said worldwide
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phonème
Transliteration: phonème
"En français, /p/ et /b/ sont deux phonèmes distincts."
Phonem
Transliteration: Phonem
"Ein Phonem ist die kleinste bedeutungsunterscheidende Einheit einer Sprache."
fonema
Transliteration: fonema
"La sostituzione di un fonema può cambiare il significato di una parola."
fonema
Transliteration: fonema
"El español tiene veinticuatro fonemas principales."
fonema
Transliteration: fonema
"O fonema é a unidade sonora básica da língua falada."
स्वनिम
Transliteration: svanim
"भाषाविज्ञान में स्वनिम अर्थ की दृष्टि से सबसे छोटी इकाई है।"
音素
Transliteration: yīnsù
"音素是构成语音的最小单位。"
음소
Transliteration: eumso
"음소는 뜻을 구별해 주는 소리의 가장 작은 단위입니다."
音素
Transliteration: onso
"音素は言語学における意味を区別する最小の音声単位です。"
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