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phonemizes

phonemizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about phonemizes

What is phonemizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phonemizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phonemize.

Words near phonemizes in the dictionary

  1. phonemising
  2. phonemization
  3. phonemizations
  4. phonemize
  5. phonemized
  6. phonemizes
  7. phonemizing
  8. phonendoscope
  9. phonendoscopes
  10. phoneography
  11. phonepost

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