Meaning of PHONEME

Pronunciation:			'fowneem
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
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	See Also:		allophone, phone, sound, speech sound
Glossary
	Definition:		a class of sounds that differ slightly from one another but that may be substituted for one another without any change of meaning.
Thesaurus Terms
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