coppia minima
Italian
Etymology
Calque of English minimal pair.
Noun
coppia minima f (plural coppie minime)
- (phonology) minimal pair (pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment)
Further reading
- coppia minima on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- coppia minima in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia dell'Italiano (2011), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana