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English
Etymology
From phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”).
Pronunciation
Noun
phonotactics (uncountable)
- (linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.
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