phonemic.
Relating to phonemes.
Meaning & usage
Relating to phonemes.
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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.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English phoneme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phonemic From phoneme + -ic.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.