"diaphoneme" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪəˌfoʊnim/ [General-American], /ˌdaɪəˈfoʊnim/ [General-American], /daɪəˈfəʊniːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: diaphonemes [plural]
Etymology: From dia- + phoneme. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dia|phoneme}} dia- + phoneme Head templates: {{en-noun}} diaphoneme (plural diaphonemes)
  1. (phonology) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme. Categories (topical): Phonology Derived forms: diaphonematic, diaphonemic, diaphonemically, diaphonemics Related terms: archiphoneme, diaphone, diaphonology, diasystem Translations (abstract phonological unit denoting all the dialectal variations of a phoneme): diafoneem [neuter] (Dutch), diafonéma (Hungarian), диафоне́ма (diafonéma) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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