What does phonemic mean?
Relating to or denoting the smallest units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another, such as the 'p' sound in 'pat' and the 'b' sound in 'bat'. Phonemes are the basic units of sound in a language.
Example
"The phonemic transcription of the word 'cat' is /kæt/."
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