"phonotactics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌtaktɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊnəˌtæktɪks/ [General-American], /ˈfoʊnoʊˌtæktɪks/ [General-American]
Etymology: From phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|phono-|tactics|t1=sound|t2=organization, arranging}} phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} phonotactics (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes. Wikipedia link: phonotactics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonology Translations (branch of phonology): fonotaxis (Dutch), fonotaksi (Finnish), phonotactique [feminine] (French), Phonotaktik [feminine] (German), fonotaktika (Hungarian), 音素配列論 (onsohairetsuron) (alt: おんそはいれつろん) (Japanese), fonotaktyka [feminine] (Polish), фонота̀ктика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fonotàktika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fonotaxis [feminine] (Spanish), fonotax [common-gender] (Swedish), kết âm học (Vietnamese)
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