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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

音系制约

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yīnxì zhìyuē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phonological constraints/ˌfɒnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl kənˈstreɪnts/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"音系制约限制了特定语言中合法的音位组合。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Restrictions in a particular language on the permissible combinations of sounds or phonemes in syllables and words.

    "English phonological constraints prohibit words from starting with the /ŋ/ sound."
  2. 2

    Formal rules in Optimality Theory and other frameworks that limit the structural output of a phonological representation.

    "Markedness constraints interact with faithfulness constraints to shape surface forms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern English combining 'phonological' (from Greek 'phōnē' meaning sound/voice and 'logos' meaning study) and 'constraint' (from Old French 'constraindre', from Latin 'constringere' meaning to bind tightly). The compound term emerged in mid-20th-century structural linguistics and generative phonology to describe the language-specific rules governing permissible sound sequences.

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🇫🇷French → English

contraintes phonologiques

Transliteration: /kɔ̃.tʁɛnt fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik/

"Les contraintes phonologiques régissent la structure des syllabes en français."

🇩🇪German → English

phonologische Restriktionen

Transliteration: /fɔnoˈloːɡɪʃə ʁɛstʁɪktsiˈoːnən/

"Phonologische Restriktionen bestimmen, welche Lautkombinationen erlaubt sind."

🇮🇹Italian → English

vincoli fonologici

Transliteration: /ˈvintʃoli fonoˈlɔdʒitʃi/

"I vincoli fonologici limitano le sequenze di suoni possibili."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

restricciones fonológicas

Transliteration: /restɾikˈsjones fonoˈloxikas/

"Las restricciones fonológicas explican por qué ciertas palabras son difíciles de pronunciar."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

restrições fonológicas

Transliteration: /ʁestɾiˈsõjs fonoˈlɔʒikas/

"As restrições fonológicas definem a estrutura silábica da língua."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

ध्वनित्मक प्रतिबंध

Transliteration: dhvanitmaka pratibandha

"भाषाविज्ञान में ध्वनित्मक प्रतिबंध ध्वनि संयोजनों को नियंत्रित करते हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

音系制约

Transliteration: yīnxì zhìyuē

"音系制约限制了特定语言中合法的音位组合。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

음운론적 제약

Transliteration: eum-un-lon-jeok je-yak

"음운론적 제약은 언어마다 허용되는 음소 조합을 결정합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

音韻的制約

Transliteration: on'inteki seiyaku

"音韻的制約により、日本語では特定の子音が連続しません。"

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