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tonemes

tonemes is the plural of toneme.

Meaning of toneme

Noun

toneme (plural tonemes)

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

Questions about tonemes

What is tonemes the plural of?
Tonemes is the plural of toneme.

Words near tonemes in the dictionary

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

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