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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024graph•eme (graf′ēm),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]- Linguisticsa minimal unit of a writing system.
- Linguisticsa unit of a writing system consisting of all the written symbols or sequences of written symbols that are used to represent a single phoneme.
gra•phe′mi•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: grapheme /ˈɡræfiːm/ n - one of a set of orthographic symbols (letters or combinations of letters) in a given language that serve to distinguish one word from another and usually correspond to or represent phonemes, e.g. the f in fun, the ph in phantom, and the gh in laugh
Etymology: 20th Century: from Greek graphēma a lettergraˈphemically adv |