toneme

See also: tonème

English

Etymology

From tone +‎ -eme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊniːm/

Noun

toneme (plural tonemes)

1. (linguistics) A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

Translations

phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings

• Bulgarian: тоне́ма f (tonéma)
• Dutch: toneem n
• Esperanto: tonemo
• Finnish: toneemi (fi)
• French: tonème (fr) m
• German: Tonem n
• Hungarian: tonéma
• Italian: tonema m
• Japanese: 音調おんちょう素もと (おんちょうそ, onchōso)
• Malay: tonem
• Norwegian: tonelag n, tonem n
• Portuguese: tonema m
• Russian: тоне́ма (ru) f (tonéma)
• Spanish: tonema (es) m
• Swedish: tonem n