phonemic

[ fuh-nee-mik, foh- ]
/ fəˈni mɪk, foʊ- /
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adjective

of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
of or relating to phonemics.
concerning or involving the discrimination of distinctive speech elements of a language: a phonemic contrast.

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Origin of phonemic

First recorded in 1930–35; phoneme + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM phonemic

pho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverbnon·pho·ne·mic, adjectivenon·pho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby phonemic

phonecam, phonecard, phonematic, phonematics, phoneme, phonemic, phonemicize, phonemics, phonendoscope, phoner, phonesthemic
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Words related to phonemic

grammatical, lingual, dialectal, phonetic, etymological, lexical, morphological, phonological, syntactical

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British Dictionary definitions for phonemic

phonemic
/ (fəˈniːmɪk) /

adjective linguistics

of or relating to the phoneme
relating to or denoting speech sounds that belong to different phonemes rather than being allophonic variants of the same phonemeCompare phonetic (def. 2)
of or relating to phonemics

Derived forms of phonemic

phonemically, adverb
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