名詞 phoneme:

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

1. In English, the `s' in `sip' and the `z' in `zip' represent two different phonemes.
   英語中sip中的s和zip中的z為兩個不同的音素。
2. English has 24 consonant phonemes.
   英語有24個輔音音素。

pho.neme

n.Linguistics （名詞）【語言學(xué)】
The smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as them of mat and the b of bat in English.
音位，音素：語言中最小的語音單位，可以表達(dá)意義上的區(qū)別，如英語里mat 中的 m 和 bat 中的 b

來源：
French phonème
法語 phonème
from Greek phônôma phônômat- [utterance, sound produced]
源自 希臘語 phônôma phônômat- [發(fā)聲，出聲]
from phônein [to produce a sound]
源自 phônein [發(fā)出聲音]
from phônô [sound, voice] * see bh3- 2
源自 phônô [聲音，聲響] *參見 bh3- 2