How to pronounce phoneme
American English pronunciation
FOH-neem
- IPA
- /ˈfoʊnim/
- Syllables
- FOH · neem (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What phoneme means
The smallest unit of sound that can change a word, like b in bat
In a sentence: Swap the first phoneme in cat for a b, and you get bat.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word meaning a sound, or something spoken.
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