how to pronounce phoneme

/ˈfəʊ.niːm/

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the above transcription of phoneme is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

phoneme is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of phoneme in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

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meanings of phoneme

noun:

An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

phoneme frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word phoneme occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.