فونيم

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Arabic

Etymology

From French phonème.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.niːm/
  • IPA(key): /foː.neːm/ (unadapted pronunciation)

Noun

فُونِيم (funīm, fōnēmm (plural فُونِيمَات (funīmāt, fōnēmāt))

  1. (phonology) phoneme
    Synonyms: صَوْت لُغَوِيّ (ṣawt luḡawiyy), صُوَيْت (ṣuwayt)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فونيم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN