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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma).
Pronunciation
Noun
phonème m (plural phonèmes)
- (phonetics, phonology) phoneme (indivisible unit of sound in a given language)
- Coordinate term: phone
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