fonema

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See also: fonéma

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemes)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. phoneme

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈnɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: fo‧nè‧ma

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemi)

  1. (linguistics) phoneme
    • 1894, Luigi Ceci, “Sulla questione della gutturale media labializzata nel latino”, in Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei: classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche - Serie quinta, vol. Ⅲ‎, Rome: Tipografia dell'Accademia, section 36, page 401:
      […] la etimologia che noi proponiamo ben ci dimostra l'italicità del fonema
      the etymology we propose well demonstrates the phoneme’s Italic quality
    • 1987, Romano Lazzeroni, chapter 2 (“Tipologia e dinamica del mutamento”), in Linguistica storica, Rome: Carocci Editore, section 2, page 17:
      Il fonema, pertanto, è una unità astratta che si manifesta mediante suoni concreti
      Therefore, the phoneme is an abstract unit manifesting itself through concrete sounds

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fonema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lithuanian

Noun

fonema f (plural fonemos)

  1. phoneme

Declension

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

fonema

  1. inflection of fonem:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative dual
    3. accusative dual

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme (indivisible unit of sound)

Further reading

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈnema/
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme

Derived terms

Further reading

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