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fonemà

[fɔnʲɛˈmɐ]

noun

LanguageLithuanian

Meaning
  1. phoneme
  2. The smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.
Examples

Kiekviena kalba turi skirtingą fonemų skaičių.

Every language has a different number of phonemes.

Pronunciationfɔnʲɛˈmɐ

Part of speechnoun

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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