toneme

See also: tonème

English

Etymology

tone + -eme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtəʊniːm/

Noun

toneme (plural tonemes)

  1. (linguistics) A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

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