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phonemise

phonemise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of phonemize.

Meaning of phonemize

Verb

phonemize (third-person singular simple present phonemizes, present participle phonemizing, simple past and past participle phonemized)

  1. To make phonemic; to make (something) a distinct phoneme.
    • It is quite natural to phonemize /[…]/, because now there obtains an iconic relation between /[…]/ and its "realization" "—r". It […] would be awkward to phonemize /[…]/ and to regard [[…]] as […]1982, Martti Nyman, Relational and Reconstructive Aspects of Grammatical Systematization: Data-oriented Studies

Forms of phonemise

third-person singular presentphonemises
present participlephonemising
past participlephonemised
pastphonemised

Questions about phonemise

What is phonemise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Phonemise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of phonemize.

Words near phonemise in the dictionary

  1. phonemicizing
  2. phonemicness
  3. phonemics
  4. phonemisation
  5. phonemisations
  6. phonemise
  7. phonemised
  8. phonemises
  9. phonemising
  10. phonemization
  11. phonemizations

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