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pheneme

pheneme noun: a (hypothetical) linguistic item that is atomic both with respect to phonology as well as semantics; an item that is both a phoneme as well as a sememe.

Noun

pheneme (plural phenemes)

  1. A (hypothetical) linguistic item that is atomic both with respect to phonology as well as semantics; an item that is both a phoneme as well as a sememe.

Forms of pheneme

pluralphenemes

Words formed from pheneme

  • phenemic

Questions about pheneme

What does pheneme mean?
Pheneme means a (hypothetical) linguistic item that is atomic both with respect to phonology as well as semantics; an item that is both a phoneme as well as a sememe.
What part of speech is pheneme?
Pheneme is a noun.
What is the plural of pheneme?
The plural of pheneme is phenemes.

Words near pheneme in the dictionary

  1. phencyclidine
  2. phencyclidines
  3. phendimetrazine
  4. phene
  5. phenelzine
  6. pheneme
  7. phenemes
  8. pheneotype
  9. pheneridine
  10. phenes
  11. phenetamine

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