phonemic

[ fuh-nee-mik, foh- ]
/ fəˈni mɪk, foʊ- /

adjective

of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
of or relating to phonemics.
concerning or involving the discrimination of distinctive speech elements of a language: a phonemic contrast.

Origin of phonemic

First recorded in 1930–35; phoneme + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM phonemic

pho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverb non·pho·ne·mic, adjective non·pho·ne·mi·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby phonemic

phonecam, phonecard, phonematic, phonematics, phoneme, phonemic, phonemicize, phonemics, phonendoscope, phoner, phonesthemic

Example sentences from the Web for phonemically

  • Ramirez and Stoughton had both agreed with him that Easton's speech was phonemically identical to English.

    Rough Translation |Jean M. Janis

British Dictionary definitions for phonemically

phonemic
/ (fəˈniːmɪk) /

adjective linguistics

of or relating to the phoneme
relating to or denoting speech sounds that belong to different phonemes rather than being allophonic variants of the same phoneme Compare phonetic (def. 2)
of or relating to phonemics

Derived forms of phonemic

phonemically, adverb