See also: fonéma

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound).

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Noun

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fonema m (plural fonemes)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈnɛma/ [foˈnɛ̃.mɐ]
  • IPA(key): /foˈnema/ [foˈnẽ.mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

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fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. phoneme

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound).

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  • IPA(key): /foˈnɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: fo‧nè‧ma

Noun

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fonema m (plural fonemi)

  1. (linguistics) phoneme
    • 1894, Luigi Ceci, “Sulla questione della gutturale media labializzata nel latino”, in Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei: classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche - Serie quinta, vol. Ⅲ[1], Rome: Tipografia dell'Accademia, section 36, page 401:
      [] la etimologia che noi proponiamo ben ci dimostra l'italicità del fonema
      the etymology we propose well demonstrates the phoneme’s Italic quality
    • 1987, Romano Lazzeroni, chapter 2 (“Tipologia e dinamica del mutamento”), in Linguistica storica, Rome: Carocci Editore, section 2, page 17:
      Il fonema, pertanto, è una unità astratta che si manifesta mediante suoni concreti
      Therefore, the phoneme is an abstract unit manifesting itself through concrete sounds

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  • fonema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek φώνημᾰ (phṓnēmă). Compare Latvian fonēma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [foː.nʲɛˈmaː]
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

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fonemà f (plural fonèmos) stress pattern 1

  1. (phonology) phoneme

Declension

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Declension of fonemà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) fonemà fonèmos
genitive (kilmininkas) fonemõs fonemų̃
dative (naudininkas) fonèmai fonemóms
accusative (galininkas) fonèmą fonèmas
instrumental (įnagininkas) fonèma fonemomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) fonemojè fonemosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) fonèma fonèmos

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  • fonema”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • fonema”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
  • fonema”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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fonema

  1. inflection of fonem:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative dual
    3. accusative dual

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound).

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  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

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fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme (indivisible unit of sound)
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈnema/ [foˈne.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

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fonema m (plural fonemas)

  1. (phonetics) phoneme

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