phoneme

phoneme
The smallest speech sound that provides meaning. [G. phonema, a voice]

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pho·neme 'fō-.nēm n a member of the set of the smallest units of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance from another in a language or dialect <the /p/ of English pat and the /f/ of English fat are two different \phonemes>
pho·ne·mic fə-'nē-mik, fō- adj
pho·ne·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adv

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pho·neme (foґnēm) [Gr. phōnēma a thing spoken] the smallest speech sound in a language that is distinguishable from others in its class.

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  • phoneme — distinctive sound or group of sounds, 1896, from Gk. phonema a sound, from phonein to sound or speak, from phone sound, voice, from PIE root *bha (2) speak (see FAME (Cf. fame)) …   Etymology dictionary

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