phonemic

• phonematic (rare)

From phoneme +‎ -ic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈniː.mɪk/, /fəʊˈniː.mɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /fəˈni.mɪk/, /foʊˈni.mɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪk
• Hyphenation: pho‧ne‧mic

phonemic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Relating to phonemes.

   We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.

2. (linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.

   Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

3. (linguistics, of an orthography [writing system]) Corresponding precisely and consistently with the sounds of the phonemes.

   Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.

• phenomic