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phonetic
[ fuh-net-ik ]
adjective
- Also pho·net·i·cal [] of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- corresponding to pronunciation:
phonetic transcription.
- agreeing with pronunciation:
phonetic spelling.
- concerning or involving the discrimination of nondistinctive elements of a language. In English, certain phonological features, as length and aspiration, are phonetic but not phonemic.
noun
- (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
phonetic
/ fəˈnɛtɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to phonetics
- denoting any perceptible distinction between one speech sound and another, irrespective of whether the sounds are phonemes or allophones Compare phonemic
- conforming to pronunciation
phonetic spelling
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Derived Forms
- phoˈnetically, adverb
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Other Words From
- pho·net·i·cal·ly adverb
- non·pho·net·ic adjective
- non·pho·net·i·cal adjective
- un·pho·net·ic adjective
- un·pho·net·i·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phonetic1
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Example Sentences
Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.
Instead of printing, they take the direct photography of events and the phonetic impression of words.
There is only a phonetic distinction between the Spanish and the Portuguese idea.
These tones help to distinguish words which have the same phonetic sound but different meanings.
If phonetic spelling is commenced with the alphabet, he will be accurately trained in that art also.
There are many phonetic alphabets; all else being equal, the one most widely used is clearly the most valuable.
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