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prephonemic

prephonemic adjective: before understanding the concept of phonemes.

Adjective

prephonemic (not comparable)

  1. Before understanding the concept of phonemes.
    • a child's prephonemic writing

Origin of prephonemic

From pre- + phonemic.

Questions about prephonemic

What does prephonemic mean?
Prephonemic means before understanding the concept of phonemes.
What part of speech is prephonemic?
Prephonemic is an adjective.

Words near prephonemic in the dictionary

  1. prephenic acid
  2. prephilatelic
  3. prephilately
  4. prephilosophical
  5. prephonatory
  6. prephonemic
  7. prephonetic
  8. prephoretic
  9. prephosphorylate
  10. prephosphorylated
  11. prephosphorylates

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