Phonemic


[fuh-nee-mik, foh-] /fəˈni mɪk, foʊ-/

adjective
1.
of or relating to :
a phonemic system.
2.
of or relating to .
3.
concerning or involving the discrimination of distinctive speech elements of a language:
a phonemic contrast.
/fəˈniːmɪk/
adjective (linguistics)
1.
of or relating to the phoneme
2.
relating to or denoting speech sounds that belong to different phonemes rather than being allophonic variants of the same phoneme Compare phonetic (sense 2)
3.
of or relating to phonemics
adj.

1933, from phoneme + -ic. Related: Phonemics (1936); phonemically.

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