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phoneme in Arabic

فُونِيم fōnēm

UK/ˈfəʊ.niːm//ˈfoʊ.nim/

phoneme in Arabic: فُونِيم (fōnēm), صَوْت لُغَوِيّ (ṣawt luḡawiyy). In English, phoneme means an indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Arabic words for phoneme

indivisible unit of sound
فُونِيم fōnēm, صَوْت لُغَوِيّ ṣawt luḡawiyy

English meaning of phoneme

  1. noun An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

Full definition of phoneme

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Questions about phoneme in Arabic

What is the meaning of phoneme in Arabic?
Phoneme in Arabic is فُونِيم (fōnēm), صَوْت لُغَوِيّ (ṣawt luḡawiyy).
ما معنى كلمة phoneme؟
Phoneme: فُونِيم (fōnēm), صَوْت لُغَوِيّ (ṣawt luḡawiyy).
What does phoneme mean in English?
Phoneme means an indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

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