phoneme
pho·neme
noun \ˈfō-ˌnēm\Definition of PHONEME
: a member of the set of the smallest units of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance from another in a language or dialect <the \p\ of English pat and the \f\ of English fat are two different phonemes>
—pho·ne·mic \fə-ˈnē-mik, fō-\ adjective
—pho·ne·mi·cal·ly \-mi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb








