"phoneme" meaning in English

See phoneme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoʊnim/ [US], /ˈfəʊniːm/ [UK] Audio: en-us-phoneme.ogg [US] Forms: phoneme [singular], phonemes [plural]
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  1. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another, such as the /t/ in to and the /d/ in do.
    Sense id: simple-phoneme-en-noun-3vhHBW-T Categories (other): Linguistics
     
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