"phonemicize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fəˈniːmɪsaɪz/, /fəʊˈniːmɪsaɪz/ Forms: phonemicizes [present, singular, third-person], phonemicizing [participle, present], phonemicized [participle, past], phonemicized [past]
Etymology: From phonemic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|phonemic|-ize}} phonemic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} phonemicize (third-person singular simple present phonemicizes, present participle phonemicizing, simple past and past participle phonemicized)
  1. (transitive, linguistics) To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-phonemicize-en-verb-eWaHBVMa Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (intransitive, linguistics) To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become phonemic): fonemləşmək (Azerbaijani)
    Sense id: en-phonemicize-en-verb-cWL3M9sn Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 41 59 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to become phonemic': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phonemicization, rephonemicize, unphonemicized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "(transitive, linguistics) To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes."
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        "To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic."
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        "(intransitive, linguistics) To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic."
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          "word": "fonemləşmək"
        }
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      "ipa": "/fəˈniːmɪsaɪz/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəʊˈniːmɪsaɪz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phonemicize"
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        "To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes."
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        "(transitive, linguistics) To represent as a phoneme or series of phonemes."
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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        "To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic."
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          "linguistics",
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        "(intransitive, linguistics) To become phonemic as opposed to allophonic."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fəʊˈniːmɪsaɪz/"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "to become phonemic",
      "word": "fonemləşmək"
    }
  ],
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}

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