phoneme

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Synonyms: phonem

Antonyms: phonem

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q8183}}{{lb|en|phonology}} An indivisible [[unit]] of [[sound]] in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds ([[phone]]s) and may encompass several different [[phone]]s.

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