fonema
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See also: fonéma
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fonema m (plural fonemes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fonema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fonema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fonema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fonema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fonema m (plural fonemas)
Further reading
- “fonema”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fonema m (plural fonemi)
- (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
Related terms
Further reading
- fonema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Lithuanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek φώνημᾰ (phṓnēma). Compare Latvian fonēma.
Pronunciation
Noun
fonemà f (plural fonèmos) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of fonemà
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | fonemà | fonèmos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | fonemõs | fonemų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | fonèmai | fonemóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | fonèmą | fonèmas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | fonèma | fonemomìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | fonemojè | fonemosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | fonèma | fonèmos |
Further reading
- “fonema”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “fonema”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
- “fonema”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
Lower Sorbian
Noun
fonema
- inflection of fonem:
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -emɐ
- Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma
Noun
fonema m (plural fonemas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “fonema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fonema m (plural fonemas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fonema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014