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Phonemic

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveRelating to phonemes.
"We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology."
2.AdjectiveRelating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
"Tone is phonemic in Chinese."
3.AdjectiveCorresponding precisely and consistently with the phonemes.
"Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled."
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