phonemic

English

Alternative forms

• phonematic (rare)

Etymology

From phoneme +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈniː.mɪk/, /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /fəˈni.mɪk/, /foʊˈni.mɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪk
• Hyphenation: pho‧ne‧mic

Adjective

phonemic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Relating to phonemes.

   We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.

2. (linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.

   Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

3. (linguistics, of an orthography [writing system]) Corresponding precisely and consistently with the sounds of the phonemes.

   Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.

Derived terms

• phonemic merger
• phonemic split

 

Related terms

• emic
• etic
• phoneme
• phonemicity (noun)
• phonemicness (noun)
• phonemics
• phonetic
• phonology

 

Translations

relating to phonemes

• Armenian: հնչույթային (hy) (hnčʻuytʻayin)
• Catalan: fonemàtic
• Dutch: fonemisch (nl)
• Finnish: foneeminen (fi), foneeminen (fi)
• French: phonémique (fr)
• German: phonemisch (de)
• Hindi: ध्वन्यात्मक (hi) (dhvanyātmak)
• Indonesian: fonemis (id)
• Interlingua: phonemic
• Italian: fonematico, fonemico (less common)
• Malay: fonemik (ms)
• Occitan: fonemic
• Polish: fonemiczny m
• Portuguese: fonémico (Portugal), fonêmico (Brazil)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòineimeach
• Spanish: fonémico
• Tagalog: multinigin
• Yiddish: פֿאָנעמיש (fonemish)

relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language

• Catalan: fonemàtic
• Dutch: fonemisch (nl)
• Finnish: foneeminen (fi)
• German: phonemisch (de)
• Hindi: ध्वन्यात्मक (hi) (dhvanyātmak)
• Japanese: 音韻論 (ja) (on'inron)
• Portuguese: fonémico (Portugal), fonêmico (Brazil)
• Russian: фоне́мный (ru) (fonémnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fòineimeach
• Sindhi: وايومِي (viomee)
• Spanish: fonémico
• Tagalog: multinigin
• Yiddish: פֿאָנעמיש (fonemish)

Anagrams

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