chereme

English

Alternative forms

• cheireme

Etymology

FromAncient Greekχείρ(kheír,“hand”)+-eme,by analogy withphoneme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkɪəɹiːm/

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Noun

chereme(pluralcheremes)

1. (linguistics)A basicunitof asign language;equivalent to aphoneme.

Derived terms

• cheremic

Related terms

• cherology

Translations

basic unit of a sign language

• Finnish:kereemi
• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Romanian:please add this translation if you can
• Russian:хире́ма(ru)f(xiréma)
• Swedish:kiremn

Anagrams

• meecher