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subphonemic

subphonemic adjective: at a more specific level than that of phonemes.

Adjective

subphonemic (not comparable)

  1. At a more specific level than that of phonemes.

Origin of subphonemic

From sub- + phonemic.

Questions about subphonemic

What does subphonemic mean?
Subphonemic means at a more specific level than that of phonemes.
What part of speech is subphonemic?
Subphonemic is an adjective.

Words near subphonemic in the dictionary

  1. subphenotypes
  2. subphenotypic
  3. subphenotyping
  4. subphoneme
  5. subphonemes
  6. subphonemic
  7. subphosphide
  8. subphosphides
  9. subphotic
  10. subphotospheric
  11. subphrase

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