phonotactics

English

Etymology

From phono- (“sound”) +‎ tactics (“organization, arranging”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌtaktɪks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊnəˌtæktɪks/, /ˈfoʊnoʊˌtæktɪks/

Noun

phonotactics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.

Translations

branch of phonology

• Dutch: fonotaxis (nl)
• Finnish: fonotaksi (fi)
• French: phonotactique (fr) f
• German: Phonotaktik (de) f
• Hungarian: fonotaktika
• Japanese: 音素配列論 (おんそはいれつろん, onsohairetsuron)
• Polish: fonotaktyka f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фонота̀ктика f

  Roman: fonotàktika f

• Spanish: fonotaxis f