chroneme
English
noun
Definitions
- A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek χρόνος (time, delay, also lifespan, lifetime), φώνημα (sound, language, utterance, sound made, thing spoken, speech).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φώνημα
Gloss
sound, language, utterance, sound made, thing spoken, speech
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -eme English
- chrono- English
- chronogram English
- chronometer English
- chronosome English
- chronotropic English
- parachronic English
- phoneme English
- chronologia Latin
- crono- Italian
- fonema Italian
- phonème French
- фоне́ма Russian
- crono- Spanish, Castilian
- fonema Spanish, Castilian
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- πολυχρονικός Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- χρονίζω Ancient Greek
- χρονικός Ancient Greek
- χρονογράφος Ancient Greek
- χρόνιος Ancient Greek
- χρόνος Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- crono- Portuguese
- fonema Portuguese
- iseacrónach Irish
- iseacrónúil Irish
- chrono- Czech
- crono- Catalan, Valencian
- fonema Catalan, Valencian
- crono- Galician
- fonema Galician
- χρόνος Greek (modern)
- סונכרן Hebrew (modern)
- סינכרן Hebrew (modern)
- *ḳarn- Proto-Semitic