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Hampshire (iou) and phoneme (oh)


Hampshire (iou)



Hampshire noun. M17.
[A county in southern England.]
I.
Used attrib. to designate things from or associated with Hampshire, esp. (a) (an animal of) a breed of black pig with a white saddle and prick ears, (b) (more fully Hampshire Down) (an animal of) a breed of large hornless sheep with close wool and dark brown face and legs. M17.
Hampshire hog fig. (colloq. or derog.) a native or inhabitant of Hampshire.
II.
In pl. (The soldiers of) the Royal Hampshire Regiment. E20.
A Hampshire pig. M20.

phoneme (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: phoneme, from Greek phonema 'speech sound']
the smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different from another word, such as the 'b' and the 'p' in 'big' and 'pig'
-- phonemic /fE5ni:mIk/ adj
-- phonemically /-kli/ adv