fonema

See also: fonéma

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /foˈnə.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛ.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /foˈne.ma/

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemes)

1. (phonetics) phoneme

Derived terms

• fonemàtic

Further reading

• “fonema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fonema” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fonema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fonema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

1. phoneme

Further reading

• “fonema” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemi)

1. phoneme

Related terms

• fonematica
• fonematico
• fonetica
• fono-

Further reading

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

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Lithuanian

Noun

fonema f (plural fonemos)

1. phoneme

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

fonema

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈnemɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈnɛmɐ/
• Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

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

Related terms

• fonémico / fonêmico

Further reading

• “fonema” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈnema/, [foˈne.ma]
• Hyphenation: fo‧ne‧ma

Noun

fonema m (plural fonemas)

1. (phonetics) phoneme

Derived terms

• fonemático
• fonemática

Related terms

• fonémico
• fonético

Further reading

• “fonema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.