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phonemes

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for phonemes.

Editorial note

The very fact that there are so many more consonant phonemes than vowel phonemes in English reflects their importance.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of phonemes gathered in one view.

noun

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for phonemes.

noun

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Example sentences

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The very fact that there are so many more consonant phonemes than vowel phonemes in English reflects their importance.

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But with SHA1, you can feasibly do large combinations of phonemes with numbers and punctuation across millions of accounts.

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As my typing speed trends toward my thinking speed, the mechanical action becomes more tied to phonemes.

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Similar hierarchies exist in speech and text from sounds to phones, phonemes, syllables, words and sentences.

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Turns out making randomized phonemes sound good was too hard for me (probably still is, haven't tried in a while).

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So, learning phonemes alone does not help us one to acquire a new accent or language.

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Most, if not all, language training materials subordinate the voice quality and the tunits to phonemes and lexical stress/lexical tone.

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If you want to study language evolution, phonemes are the last thing you should look at.

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The same sequence of characters or phonemes can have slightly different meanings in different contexts.

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Occasionally there was a word that didn't take a lot of its phonemes from English, and those were definitely harder to learn.

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Make sure that you have mastered all the phonemes in the target language.

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They're just words - a set of phonemes as @jasode points out.

Quote examples

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It's closer to other phonemes, whereas "Alexa" sounds like fewer things.

Proper noun examples

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Phonemes aside, why would anyone design that, and imagine it as a feature and not a bug?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use phonemes in a sentence?

The very fact that there are so many more consonant phonemes than vowel phonemes in English reflects their importance.

What does phonemes mean?

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

What part of speech is phonemes?

phonemes is commonly used as noun.