phonological

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phonological

/ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ UK
/ˌfəʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ UK
/ˌfɑnəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˌfoʊ̯nəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˌfɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ Canada, dialectal
/ˌfoʊ̯nəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ Canada, dialectal
/ˌfɔnəˈlɔd͡ʒɪkəl/ Australia
/ˌfəʉ̯nəˈlɔd͡ʒɪkəl/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɒdʒɪkəl

adjective

not comparable Of or relating to phonology. [...] Phonological competence is also reflected in intuitions about phonological structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single phonological word (BLACKbird, with primary stress on black = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, et
not comparable Pertaining to the way sounds function in languages, including phonemes, syllable structure, stress, and accent.

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adjective

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adj of or relating to phonology

Español	fonológico
Português	fonológico
Français	phonologique
Deutsch	phonologisch
Italiano	fonologico
Ελληνικά	φωνολογικός fonologikós
Română	fonologic
Русский	фонологи́ческий fonologíčeskij

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@misc{phonological_2026,
  title = {phonological},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phonological},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}