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phonemics

Syllables: pho·ne·mics/fəˈniː.mɪks/US/fəˈni.mɪks/

phonemics noun: the study of phonemes and their written representations.

Noun

phonemics (uncountable)

  1. The study of phonemes and their written representations.

phonemics meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Tagalog

phonemics in Hindi

1. the study of phonemes
स्वनिमविज्ञान svanimvijñān

phonemics in Tamil

ஒலியனியல்

phonemics in Tagalog

1. the study of phonemes
multinigan

Origin of phonemics

From phoneme + -ics.

Words formed from phonemics

Questions about phonemics

What does phonemics mean?
Phonemics means the study of phonemes and their written representations.
What is phonemics in Hindi?
Phonemics in Hindi is स्वनिमविज्ञान (svanimvijñān). See Phonemics meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is phonemics?
Phonemics is a noun.
How do you pronounce phonemics?
Phonemics is pronounced /fəˈniː.mɪks/ (UK).

Words near phonemics in the dictionary

  1. phonemicize
  2. phonemicized
  3. phonemicizes
  4. phonemicizing
  5. phonemicness
  6. phonemics
  7. phonemisation
  8. phonemisations
  9. phonemise
  10. phonemised
  11. phonemises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: phonemics (page history and authors); phonemics (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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