phonemic
adjective
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Pronunciation: /fəˈniː.mɪk/ / /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/ / /fəˈni.mɪk/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English phoneme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phonemic From phoneme + -ic.
- Relating to phonemes.
“We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.”
- Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
“Tone is phonemic in Chinese.”
- 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.”