bisegmental

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adjective

Consisting of two segments.

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Meanings

adjectivebisegmental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableConsisting of two segments.

    The phonological evidence is also equivocal: some fact suggest that affricatives are monosegmental, whereas other facts suggest that they are bisegmental.

    1999, Iggy Roca, Wyn Johnson, A Course in Phonology, Blackwell Publishers, page 405

Origin

From bi- + segmental.

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APA

bisegmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisegmental

MLA

“bisegmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisegmental. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bisegmental,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bisegmental.

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