1. relating to or involving phonemes (the smallest units of sound that distinguish meaning in a language)
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The phonemic system of English includes about 44 distinct sounds.
• Students learned to identify phonemic differences between similar words.
• The phonemic transcription showed how the words differed in meaning.
• Phonemic awareness is crucial for reading development.
• The linguist analyzed the phonemic structure of the dialect.
• Children with phonemic processing difficulties may struggle with spelling.