phoneme

Noun CEFR B1

ˈfəʊ.niːm

Definitions

An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Equivalents

Españolfonema

Françaisphonème

DeutschPhonem

36 more languages

العربيةالصّوت صَوْت لُغَوِيّ فونيم

Българскифонема

བོད་སྐད།མ་སྒྲ

Bosanskifonem fonéma фонемфоне́ма

Catalàfonema

Češtinafoném

Danskfonem

Ελληνικάφώνημα

Esperantofonemo

فارسیواج

Galegofonema

עבריתהברה הגה

हिन्दीस्वनिम

Hrvatskifonem fonéma фонемфоне́ма

Հայերենհնչույթ

Bahasa Indonesiafonem

Italianofonema

日本語音素音韻

ქართულიბგერა

ភាសាខ្មែរសទ្ទតា សទ្ទភូត

한국어낱소리 음소 음운표음

Lietuviųfonema

Nederlandsfoneem

Polskifonem

Portuguêsfonema

Românăfonem

Русскийфонема

Slovenčinafonéma

Српскиfonem fonéma фонемфоне́ма

Kiswahilifonimu

ไทยสำเนียง หน่วยเสียง

Türkçesesbirim

Tiếng Việtâm vị

Examples

“It is crucial for the phoneme structure ⟳ of Finnish — traditionally /d/ has not been included in the Finnish phonotax, but it fulfils the criteria of a phoneme (Karlsson, 1983: 66-7).”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

phonemehood Phonemes Phonemic phonemic merger phonemic split phonemically

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