- diaphoneme
- di·a·pho·neme
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Diaphoneme — In linguistics, a diaphoneme or diaphone is a phoneme viewed through its dialectal variants, called diaphonic variants or diaphonic allophones.[1] For example, the vowel that constitutes the English word eye /aɪ/ is pronounced d … Wikipedia
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Phoneme — This article is about the speech unit. For the JavaME library, see phoneME. In a language or dialect, a phoneme (from the Greek: φώνημα, phōnēma, a sound uttered ) is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts… … Wikipedia
Diaphone — For the organ pipe, see Organ pipe#Diaphone pipes. For the linguistic term, see Diaphoneme. For Diaphone, the Noctuid moth species see Diaphone (moth) The diaphone was a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: it could produce… … Wikipedia
diaphone — noun a) A kind of organ pipe. b) A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air. See Also: diaphoneme, diaphonic … Wiktionary
diaphonemic — adjective see diaphoneme … Useful english dictionary
