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fonem

[ˈfɔ.nɛm]

noun

LanguageUpper Sorbian

Meaning
  1. phoneme (smallest unit of the phonological system of a language, with distinctive value)
  2. phoneme
  3. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.
Examples

Dypk nad e wšak woznamjenja fonem ě, mjechkosć konsonanta před e wostanje – nimo mjechkeho n – njewoznamjenjena.

However, a dot above e means the phoneme ě, the softness of the consonant before e remains unmarked - apart from the soft n.

Pronunciationˈfɔ.nɛm

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis is a technical term used in linguistics to describe speech sounds.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.