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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pho·neme \\ˈfō-ˌnēm\\ noun ETYMOLOGY French phonème, from Greek phōnēmat-, phōnēma speech sound, utterance, from phōnein to sound DATE 1896 : any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (as the velar \\k\\ of cool and the palatal \\k\\ of keel) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language English Etymology phoneme "distinctive sound or group of sounds," 1896, from Gk. phonema"a sound," from phonein "to sound or speak," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE base *bha- "speak" (see fame). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 phoneme phon·eme / 5fEuni:m; NAmE 5fou- / noun (phonetics 语音) any one of the set of smallest units of speech in a language that distinguish one word from another. In English, the / s / in sip and the / z / in zip represent two different phonemes. 音位(区分单词的最小语音单位,英语 sip 中的 s 和 zip 中的 z 是两个不同的音素) • phon·em·ic / fE5ni:mik / adj. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pho·neme \ˈfōˌnēm\ noun (-s) Etymology: French phonème, from Greek phōnēma sound, from phōnein to sound 1. : the smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one utterance from another in all of the variations that it displays in the speech of a single person or particular dialect as the result of modifying influences (as neighboring sounds and stress) < the p of English pin and the f of English fin are two different phonemes > — compare allophone , phone 2. [German phonem, from Greek phōnēma sound] : an auditory hallucination of voices and spoken words |
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