rephonemicize

transitive verb

re·​phonemicize

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: to transcribe (a phoneme) or all amenable phonemes of (a language) with multiple symbols that are more accurately descriptive than single symbols of the phonetic makeup involved

rephonemicization

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noun

Word History

Etymology

re- + phonemicize

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