chereme

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chereme

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Alternative forms

• cheireme

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -eme, by analogy with phoneme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪəɹiːm/

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Noun

chereme (plural cheremes)

1. (linguistics) A basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme.

Derived terms

• cheremic

Related terms

• cherology

Translations

basic unit of a sign language

Finnish: kereemi Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Polish: cherem m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: хире́ма (ru) f (xiréma) Swedish: kirem n Vietnamese: hiệu vị

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• meecher