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phonemicize

American  
[fuh-nee-muh-sahyz, foh-] / fəˈni məˌsaɪz, foʊ- /
especially British, phonemicise

verb (used with object)

phonemicized, phonemicizing
  1. to transcribe into phonemic symbols.

  2. to analyze (a word, the sound structure of a language, etc.) by establishing its phonemes.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of phonemicize

First recorded in 1935–40; phonemic + -ize

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