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PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phonological system mean?
• PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM (noun)
The noun PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. the system of phones used in a particular language
Familiarity information: PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of phones used in a particular language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
phonologic system; phonological system
Hypernyms ("phonological system" is a kind of...):
language system (a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phonological system"):
tonal system; tone system (the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language)
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