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toneme

[ toh-neem ]

noun

  1. a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:

    Swedish has two tonemes.

toneme

/ ˈtəʊniːm /

noun

  1. linguistics a phoneme that is distinguished from another phoneme only by its tone

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Derived Forms

  • toˈnemic, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of toneme1

First recorded in 1920–25; tone + -eme

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Word History and Origins

Origin of toneme1

C20: from tone + -eme

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