Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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phoneme | Yes | No | No | No |
speech sound | Yes | No | No | No |
phoneme (noun) | speech sound (noun) |
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(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |