minimal pair
minimal pair · minimal pairs
минимальная пара
Minimalpaar
A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove…A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.
» The notion of "minimal pair" in linguistics has the lovely power of immediately convincing.
Meaning
1 sensesA pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.
Minimalpaar
минима́льная па́раminimálʹnaja pára
Examples
1 sentencesThe notion of "minimal pair" in linguistics has the lovely power of immediately convincing.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment:
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pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment:
Forms
plural: minimal pairs| Singular | minimal pair |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatednear-minimal pair