fonem

See also: Fonem, fónem, and foném

Catalan

Verb

fonem

1. first-person plural present indicative form of fondre

Danish

Noun

fonem n (singular definite fonemet, plural indefinite fonemer)

1. (linguistics) phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fonem	fonemet	fonemer	fonemerne
genitive	fonems	fonemets	fonemers	fonemernes

Related terms

• fonematisk

Further reading

• “fonem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch foneem, from French phonème, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, literally “sound made”, “utterance”; “thing spoken”, “speech”, “language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfonɛm/
• Rhymes: -nɛm, -ɛm, -m
• Hyphenation: fo‧nem

Noun

fonem (plural fonem-fonem, first-person possessive fonemku, second-person possessive fonemmu, third-person possessive fonemnya)

1. (linguistics) phoneme

Derived terms

• fonem suprasegmental

 

Related terms

• fonemis

 

Further reading

• “fonem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

fonem m

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fonem	fonema	fonemy
Genitive	fonema	fonemowu	fonemow
Dative	fonemoju	fonemoma	fonemam
Accusative	fonem	fonema	fonemy
Instrumental	fonemom	fonemoma	fonemami
Locative	fonemje	fonemoma	fonemach

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French phonème, ultimately from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.nɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛm
• Syllabification: fo‧nem

Noun

fonem m inan

1. (phonetics, phonology) phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular	plural
nominative	fonem	fonemy
genitive	fonemu	fonemów
dative	fonemowi	fonemom
accusative	fonem	fonemy
instrumental	fonemem	fonemami
locative	fonemie	fonemach
vocative	fonemie	fonemy

Derived terms

adjective

• fonemowy

 

Further reading

• fonem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fonem in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phonème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈnem/

Noun

fonem n (plural foneme)

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fonem	fonemul	(niște) foneme	fonemele
genitive/dative	(unui) fonem	fonemului	(unor) foneme	fonemelor
vocative	fonemule		fonemelor

Related terms

• fonemic

References

• fonem in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǒneːm/

Noun

fònēm m (Cyrillic spelling фо̀не̄м)

1. phoneme

Declension

Declension of fonem

	singular	plural
nominative	fonem	fonemi
genitive	fonema	fonema
dative	fonemu	fonemima
accusative	fonem	foneme
vocative	foneme	fonemi
locative	fonemu	fonemima
instrumental	fonemom	fonemima

Synonyms

• fonéma

Upper Sorbian

Noun

fonem m

1. phoneme

Further reading

• “fonem” in Soblex