minimal pair

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34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: parell mínim — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Chinese Cantonese: 最細對立體 /最细对立体 — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Chinese Mandarin: 最小對立體 /最小对立体 (zuìxiǎoduìlìtǐ) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Czech: minimální pár — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Danish: minimalt par — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Dutch: minimaal paar — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Esperanto: minimuma paro — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Finnish: minimipari — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• French: paire minimale — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• German: Minimalpaar — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Greek: ελάχιστο ζεύγος (eláchisto zévgos) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Hebrew: זוג מינימלי (zug minimali) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Hungarian: minimális pár — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Hungarian: minimálpár — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Icelandic: mágmarkspar — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Irish: péire íosmhéide — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Italian: coppia minima — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Japanese: ミニマル・ペア (minimaru pea) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Japanese: 最小対語 (saishōtsuigo) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Japanese: 最小対 (saishōtsui) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Japanese: 最小対立 (saishōtairitsu) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Korean: 최소 대립쌍 (choeso daeripssang) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Manx: jees sloo — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Norwegian: minimalt par — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minimalt par — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Polish: para minimalna — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Portuguese: par mínimo — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Romanian: pereche minimală — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Russian: минима́льная па́ра (minimálʹnaja pára) — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Spanish: par mínimo — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Swedish: minimalt ordpar — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Tagalog: pares minimal — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Thai: คู่เทียบเสียง — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment
• Welsh: pâr minimol — pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment