phoneme

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈfoʊnim/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈfəʊniːm/

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Noun

Singular phoneme

Plural phonemes

1. (linguistics) A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another, such as the /t/ in to and the /d/ in do.

Related words

• phone
• phonology