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View synonyms for phonetic
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
C19: from New Latin phōnēticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein to make sounds, speak
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