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φώνημα

φώνημα

Ancient Greek

Noun

φώνημᾰ (phṓnēma) n (genitive φωνήματος); third declension

  1. sound made, utterance
    1. of a singer’s voice
    2. of a dog’s bark and ass’s bray
  2. thing spoken, speech, language

Inflection

Descendants

References


Greek

Etymology

A reborrowing from French phonème (phoneme), from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, sound made”, “utterance”; “thing spoken”, “speech”, “language).[1]

Noun

φώνημα (fónima) n (plural φωνήματα)

  1. (linguistics) phoneme

Declension

Related terms

  • see: φωνή n (foní, sound, voice)

References

  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary], 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre