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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

phoneme \pho"neme\ (f[=o]"n[-e]m) n. (Linguistics)
   One of a small set of speech sounds that are used by and
   distinguished by the speakers of a particular language. They
   are combined into morphemes, words, and sentences.
   [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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