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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfəʊ.niːm/Part of speech nounSorted eehmnopStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

Word origin

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). By surface analysis, phone (“speech sound”) + -eme (“unit”).

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  • It is crucial for the phoneme structure of Finnish — traditionally /d/ has not been included in the Finnish phonotax, but it fulfils the criteria of a phoneme (Karlsson, 1983: 66-7).

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