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toneme

/ˈtəʊniːm/

toneme noun: a phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

Noun

toneme (plural tonemes)

  1. A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

toneme meaning in Tamil and Malay

toneme in Tamil

குரலியல்

toneme in Malay

phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings
tonem

Forms of toneme

pluraltonemes

Origin of toneme

From tone + -eme.

Words formed from toneme

Questions about toneme

What does toneme mean?
Toneme means a phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.
What is toneme in Tamil?
Toneme in Tamil is குரலியல். See Toneme meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is toneme?
Toneme is a noun.
How do you pronounce toneme?
Toneme is pronounced /ˈtəʊniːm/.
What is the plural of toneme?
The plural of toneme is tonemes.

Words near toneme in the dictionary

  1. tonelessness
  2. tonelike
  3. Tonelli
  4. Tonelli's theorem
  5. Tonellis
  6. toneme
  7. tonemes
  8. tonemic
  9. tonepad
  10. tonepads
  11. toner

Source and license

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