phonemes

noun

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

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The word phonemes breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root phon-, from Greek phone (“sound, voice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.