pho·neme
n : a member of the set of the smallest units of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance from another in a language or dialect <the p of English pat and the f of English fat are two different s> pho*ne*mic adj pho*ne*mi*cal*ly adv
Similar sounding terms: ven·om
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