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Phoneme
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Phonology:
An
indivisible
unit
of
sound
in a given language. A
phoneme
is an
abstraction
of the physical
speech
sounds
(phones) and may
encompass
several different
phones
.
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Origin
phoneme
English
φώνημα
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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