phonemic
Syllables: pho·ne·mic/fəˈniː.mɪk/US/fəˈni.mɪk/
phonemic adjective: relating to phonemes.
Adjective
phonemic (not comparable)
- Relating to phonemes.
- We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
- 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.
phonemic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Malay
phonemic in Hindi
- 1. relating to phonemes
- ध्वन्यात्मक dhvanyātmak
- 2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
- ध्वन्यात्मक dhvanyātmak
phonemic in Tamil
- ஒலியன்
phonemic in Tagalog
- 1. relating to phonemes
- multinigin
- 2. relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
- multinigin
phonemic in Malay
- 1. relating to phonemes
- fonemik
More languagesFewer languages
- phonemic in Indonesian
- fonemis
- Sindhi
- وايومِي viomee
Forms of phonemic
| alternative form (rare) | phonematic |
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Origin of phonemic
From phoneme + -ic.
Words formed from phonemic
Phrases with phonemic
Words that rhyme with phonemic
- epistemic
- anemic
- asemic
- bimorphemic
- graphemic
- hemic
- limnemic
- aglycemic
- anaemic
- antiglycemic
- blastemic
- cachaemic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cachemic
- calcaemic
- calcemic
- cenemic
- cheremic
- cholaemic
- chronemic
- classemic
- copraemic
- copremic
- dimorphemic
- dysaemic
- dyscalcemic
- dyssemic
- edemic
- emic
- eucalcemic
- extraischemic
- fungaemic
- fungemic
- glycaemic
- glycemic
- haemic
- heteromorphemic
- hydraemic
- hydremic
- hypercalcemic
- hypercupremic
- hyperferremic
- hyperkalaemic
- hyperkalemic
- hypervolemic
- hypocalcemic
- hypoferremic
- hypokalemic
- hypovolemic
- ischaemic
- ischemic
- leucaemic
- leucemic
- leukaemic
- leukemic
- lexemic
- lipaemic
- lipemic
- lithaemic
- lithemic
- ludemic
Questions about phonemic
- What does phonemic mean?
- Phonemic means relating to phonemes.
- What is phonemic in Hindi?
- Phonemic in Hindi is ध्वन्यात्मक (dhvanyātmak). See Phonemic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is phonemic?
- Phonemic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce phonemic?
- Phonemic is pronounced /fəˈniː.mɪk/ (UK).
Words near phonemic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phonemic (page history and authors); phonemic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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