phonemics
noun
pho·ne·mics fə-ˈnē-miks 
fō-
plural in form but singular in construction
1
: a branch of linguistic analysis involving the study of phonemes
2
: the structure of a language in terms of phonemes
phonemicist
fə-ˈnē-mə-sist
noun fō-
Word History
Etymology
phonem(ic) + -ics
First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
phonemics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
pho·ne·mics fə-ˈnē-miks, fō-
1
: a branch of linguistic analysis that consists of the study of phonemes
2
: the structure of a language in terms of phonemes
- smooth tare
- smooth the way
- smooth things out
- smooth tongue
- smooth vetch
- smooth winterberry
- smooth-billed ani
- smooth-chinned
- smooth-faced
- smooth-leaved elm
- smooth-running
- smooth-shaven
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-talking
- smooth-taper drift
- smooth-tongued
- smoothbark
- smoothbarks
- smoothbore
- smoothborer
- smoothbores
- smoothborest
- smoothed
- smoothed (out or over)
- smoothed away