"metaphone" meaning in All languages combined

See metaphone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metaphones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} metaphone (plural metaphones)
  1. (linguistics) Either of two or more phonemes that have meaning when used together
    Sense id: en-metaphone-en-noun-gKmlXu8W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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