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Word: Grapheme
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1930s: from graph+ -eme
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡrafiːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system.
Short Definition:smallest meaningful contrastive unit in writing system
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