Added 10 October 2026
phonemic
/fəˈniː.mɪk/ adjective
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about phonemic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Relating to phonemes.
We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
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Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
Tone is phonemic in Chinese.
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Corresponding 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.