phoneme
What is another word for phoneme? Here is its meaning, with related words and examples.
Noun — (phonetics) The smallest unit of sound that changes meaning in a language, made up of one or more actual spoken sounds.
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Etymology
Traced to Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, "sound"), which came from φωνέω (phōnéō, "to sound"), itself from φωνή (phōnḗ, "sound"). On the surface it can be analysed as phone ("speech sound") plus -eme ("unit").
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