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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfonémico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: foˈne.mi.ko
"El sistema fonémico del español consta de veinticuatro fonemas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to the phonemes or distinctive sound units of a particular language.
"The researcher conducted a detailed phonemic analysis of the regional dialect." - 2
Consisting of or represented by phonemes.
"The writing system provides a largely phonemic representation of spoken words."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'phōnēma' meaning 'sound made', combining 'phōnē' (voice, sound) with the suffix '-ic'. It entered modern linguistic terminology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries alongside the development of structural linguistics to describe the distinctive sound units of a language.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phonemic" is said worldwide
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phonémique
Transliteration: fo.ne.mik
"Cette distinction est purement phonémique."
phonemisch
Transliteration: foˈneːmɪʃ
"Die phonemische Analyse zeigt signifikante Unterschiede."
fonemico
Transliteration: foˈnɛ.mi.ko
"L'inventario fonemico di questa lingua è molto ampio."
fonémico
Transliteration: foˈne.mi.ko
"El sistema fonémico del español consta de veinticuatro fonemas."
fonêmico
Transliteration: foˈnẽ.mi.ku
"A transcrição fonêmica ajuda na aprendizagem de línguas."
स्वॉमिक
Transliteration: svārmik
"यह एक स्वॉमिक विश्लेषण है।"
音位学的
Transliteration: yīnwèi-xué de
"这是一个音位学的对比研究。"
음운론적
Transliteration: eum-un-ron-jeok
"이것은 음운론적 표상에 관한 연구이다."
音素の
Transliteration: onsono
"これは音素レベルの分析です。"
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