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phoneme

/ˈfəʊ.niːm/

Traducción: Unidad mínima de sonido en una lengua capaz de distinguir significados entre palabras, tal como la perciben los hablantes nativos de esa lengua.

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noun

/ˈfəʊ.niːm/C1formalscientific
  • esUnidad mínima de sonido en una lengua capaz de distinguir significados entre palabras, tal como la perciben los hablantes nativos de esa lengua.

A noun referring to one of the smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning, as recognized by speakers of that language.

  1. Smallest unit of soundB2formal

    One of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language, capable of distinguishing meaning between words.

    esFonema

    • The English language has about 44 phonemes.
    • The phoneme /p/ and /b/ distinguish the words 'pat' and 'bat'.
    • Linguists study how phonemes function in different languages.
Formas
  • phonemes plural form
  • phonemes' possessive plural form
  • phoneme's possessive singular form