"chereme" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪəɹiːm/ Audio: en-us-chereme.ogg [US] Forms: cheremes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -eme, by analogy with phoneme. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χείρ||hand}} Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”), {{m|en|-eme}} -eme Head templates: {{en-noun}} chereme (plural cheremes)
  1. (linguistics) A basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme. Wikipedia link: chereme Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: cheireme Related terms: cherology Translations (basic unit of a sign language): kereemi (Finnish), хире́ма (xiréma) [feminine] (Russian), kirem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chereme-en-noun-EtGmQka2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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