toneme noun. ['tǝʊni:m] E20.
[from TONE noun: see -EME.]
Linguistics. A tone or set of tones functioning as a distinctive phoneme in a language.

■ to'nemic adjective of or pertaining to a toneme or tonemes E20.

■ to'nemically adverb with regard to or in terms of tonemes E20.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲