minimal pair
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
minimal pair (plural minimal pairs)
- (phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.
- "Beach and bitch" and "bun and ban" are examples of minimal pairs.
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Translations[edit]
pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
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Further reading[edit]
- minimal pair on Wikipedia.Wikipedia