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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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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. phonecam,
  2. phonecard,
  3. phonematic,
  4. phonematics,
  5. phoneme,
  6. phonemicize,
  7. phonemics,
  8. phonendoscope,
  9. phoner,
  10. phonesthemic

Origin of phonemic

First recorded in 1930–35; phoneme + -ic
Related formspho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverbnon·pho·ne·mic, adjectivenon·pho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverb
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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 Formsphonemically, adverb
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Word Origin and History for phonemic

phonemic

adj.

1933, from phoneme + -ic. Related: Phonemics (1936); phonemically.

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