Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From French phonème.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fu.niːm/
  • IPA(key): /foː.neːm/ (unadapted pronunciation)

Noun edit

فُونِيم (funīm, fōnēmm (plural فُونِيمَات (funīmāt, fōnēmāt))

  1. (phonology) phoneme
    Synonyms: صَوْت لُغَوِيّ (ṣawt luḡawiyy), صُوَيْت (ṣuwayt)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فونيم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN