Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-eme

/-iːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: -eme
IPA: /-iːm/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Indicating a fundamental unit in some kind of structure, chiefly linguistic structure.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Extracted from phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φώνημα

Questions

How do you pronounce -eme?: The recorded pronunciation is /-iːm/.
What does -eme mean?: Indicating a fundamental unit in some kind of structure, chiefly linguistic structure.
Where does -eme come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce -eme

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