phoneme
US /ˈfoʊ.niːm/
UK /ˈfəʊ.niːm/
名詞
音素
any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.
例:
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The word 'cat' has three phonemes: /k/, /æ/, and /t/.
「cat」という単語には、/k/、/æ/、/t/ の3つの音素があります。
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Linguists study the different phonemes in various languages.
言語学者は様々な言語の異なる音素を研究します。