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tonema

Portuguese, noun/toˈnẽ.mɐ/

tonema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “toneme (distinctive tonal pattern in a tonal language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tonema mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetoneme (distinctive tonal pattern in a tonal language)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of tonema

  • tonemas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tonema?

  • Brazil /toˈnẽ.mɐ/
  • Portugal /tuˈne.mɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.