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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

phonemic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /fəˈniː.mɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fəˈni.mɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /fəˈniː.mɪk/ (Australia)
  • /foʊˈni.mɪk/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to phonemes.
    • We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
  2. (not-comparable) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
    • Tone is phonemic in Chinese.
  3. (not-comparable, of an orthography [writing system]) 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
phonematic alternative, rare lexicographic

Deriveds

prephonemic · phonemically · phonemic merger · phonemicist · multiphonemic · unphonemic · phonemicize · nonphonemic · subphonemic · biphonemic · morphophonemic · phonemic split · triphonemic · monophonemic · polyphonemic

Relateds

phoneme · phonemics · etic · phonemicity · phonetic · emic · phonemicness · phonology

Translations (36)

it fonematico (1. relating to phonemes) · nl fonemisch (1. relating to phonemes) · gl fonémico (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · ia phonemic (1. relating to phonemes) · de phonemisch (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · tl multinigin (1. relating to phonemes) · ru фоне́мный (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · gd fòineimeach (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · it fonemico (1. relating to phonemes) · tl multinigin (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · pl fonemiczny (1. relating to phonemes) · pt fonémico (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · hi ध्वन्यात्मक (1. relating to phonemes) · ja 音韻論 (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · pt fonêmico (1. relating to phonemes) · es fonémico (1. relating to phonemes) · oc fonemic (1. relating to phonemes) · sd وايومِي (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · nl fonemisch (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · id fonemis (1. relating to phonemes) · gl fonémico (1. relating to phonemes) · hi ध्वन्यात्मक (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · fi foneeminen (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · ms fonemik (1. relating to phonemes) · es fonémico (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · yi פֿאָנעמיש (1. relating to phonemes) · pt fonémico (1. relating to phonemes) · ca fonemàtic (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · ca fonemàtic (1. relating to phonemes) · yi פֿאָנעמיש (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · fi foneeminen (1. relating to phonemes) · fr phonémique (1. relating to phonemes) · de phonemisch (1. relating to phonemes) · hy հնչույթային (1. relating to phonemes) · pt fonêmico (2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) · gd fòineimeach (1. relating to phonemes)