phonemic

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From phoneme +‎ -ic.

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phonemic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to phonemes.
    We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
  2. (linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
    Tone is phonemic in Chinese.
  3. (linguistics, of an orthography [writing system]) Corresponding precisely and consistently with the sounds of the phonemes.
    Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.

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