Phonemic

Pronunciation

• US, UK: IPA: /fəˈniːmɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪk
• Hyphenation: pho + ne + mic

Origin

phoneme + -ic

Full definition of phonemic

Adjective

1. (linguistics) relating to phonemesWe've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
2. (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a languageTone is phonemic in Chinese.

Related terms

• phoneme
• phonetic
• phonology
• emic
• etic