PHONEMIC SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of phonemes recognized in a language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("phonemic system" is a kind of...):

language system (a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phonemic system"):

consonant system; consonantal system (the system of consonants used in a particular language)

vocalism; vowel system (the system of vowels used in a particular language)

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