Word Type

Noun

The word "phoneme" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

archiphoneme diaphoneme grapheme-phoneme correspondence metaphoneme morphophoneme phonemal phonematic phonemehood phonemic phonemical phonemically phonemicist phonemicity phonemics subphoneme

Derived From

eme

Context

linguistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

phone sound speech sound syntagma

Type Of (IsA)

linguistic object phone

Related Terms

allophone allophonic allophonical allophonically allophonics chereme chroneme diaphone diaphonic diaphonical diaphonically diaphonics diaphonologic diaphonological diaphonologically diaphonology grammeme grapheme grapheme-to-phoneme lemma lexeme listeme morpheme phone phonetic phonetical phonetically phonetics phonic phonical phonically phonics phono phonologic phonological phonologically phonologist phonology sememe toneme

Related Terms

chereme chroneme grammeme grapheme lemma lexeme listeme morpheme phone sememe sound toneme unit

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