minimal pair

English

minimal pair (plural minimal pairs)

(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.
"Beach and bitch" and "bun and ban" are examples of minimal pairs.

pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment

Catalan: parell mínim (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 最細對立體／最细对立体

Mandarin: 最小對立體／最小对立体 (zuìxiǎoduìlìtǐ)
Czech: minimální pár m
Danish: minimalt par n
Dutch: minimaal paar n
Esperanto: minimuma paro
Finnish: minimipari
French: paire minimale (fr) f
German: Minimalpaar (de) n
Greek: ελάχιστο ζεύγος n (eláchisto zévgos)
Hebrew: זוג מינימלי (he) m (zug minimali)
Hungarian: minimális pár, minimálpár
Icelandic: mágmarkspar n
Irish: péire íosmhéide m
Italian: coppia minima
Japanese: ミニマル・ペア (minimaru pea), 最小対語 (さいしょうついご, saishōtsuigo), 最小対 (さいしょうつい, saishōtsui), 最小対立 (さいしょうたいりつ, saishōtairitsu)
Korean: 최소 대립쌍 (choeso daeripssang)
Manx: jees sloo f
Norwegian: minimalt par n
Nynorsk: minimalt par n
Polish: para minimalna f
Portuguese: par mínimo
Romanian: pereche minimală f
Russian: минима́льная па́ра f (minimálʹnaja pára)
Spanish: par mínimo (es) m
Swedish: minimalt ordpar n
Welsh: pâr minimol m