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phonemicity

phonemicity noun: the state or quality of being phonemic.

Noun

phonemicity (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being phonemic.
    • Some people doubt the phonemicity of the English sound [ŋ], as in "singing".
    • Spanish orthography has high phonemicity: it corresponds precisely and consistently with the sounds of the phonemes.
    Synonyms:
    phonemicness

Synonyms of phonemicity

Origin of phonemicity

From phonemic + -ity.

Questions about phonemicity

What does phonemicity mean?
Phonemicity means the state or quality of being phonemic.
What part of speech is phonemicity?
Phonemicity is a noun.

Words near phonemicity in the dictionary

  1. phonemicised
  2. phonemicises
  3. phonemicising
  4. phonemicist
  5. phonemicists
  6. phonemicity
  7. phonemicization
  8. phonemicizations
  9. phonemicize
  10. phonemicized
  11. phonemicizes

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