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toneme

Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊniːm/
Definition of toneme

noun

Phonetics
  • a phoneme distinguished from another only by its tone.

Derivatives

tonemic

Pronunciation: /-ˈniːmɪk/
adjective

Origin:

1920s: from tone, on the pattern of phoneme

toneme in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of toneme in the US English dictionary
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