phonemic
Relating to phonemesRelating to phonemes.
» English spelling is not phonemic.
Англійський правопис не фонематичний.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Relating to phonemes.
We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
phonemisch
of or relating to phonemes of a particular language
(not comparable)Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.
Tone is phonemic in Chinese.
phonemisch
фоне́мныйfonémnyj
(not comparable)Corresponding precisely and consistently with the phonemes.
Spanish orthography is highly phonemic: you can tell exactly how the words sound just by looking at how they are spelled.
Examples
5 sentencesEnglish spelling is not phonemic.
Англійський правопис не фонематичний.
In terms of phonemic length, a mora is equivalent to the duration of a short vowel.
All children in the PRC learn the Roman alphabet for phonemic pinyin.
A phonemic writing system as in Spanish or Greek is like musical notation.
As a nationalist feeling, real Japanese think that the heart of their language is the phonemic Kana, not the logographic Kanji.