phonetics
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ɪks, foʊ- noun ( used with a singular verb )
1.
the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Compare acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, physiological phonetics.
3.
the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.
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adjective
1.
Also, pho·net·i·cal. of or pertaining to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
2.
corresponding to pronunciation: phonetic transcription.
3.
agreeing with pronunciation: phonetic spelling.
4.
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
5.
(in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
Origin:
1820–30; < Neo-Latin phōnēticus < Greek phōnētikós vocal, equivalent to phōnēt(ós) to be spoken (verbid of phōneîn to speak) + -ikos -ic
1820–30; < Neo-Latin phōnēticus < Greek phōnētikós vocal, equivalent to phōnēt(ós) to be spoken (verbid of phōneîn to speak) + -ikos -ic
Related forms
pho·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·pho·net·ic, adjective
non·pho·net·i·cal, adjective
non·pho·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·pho·net·ic, adjective
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phonetic (fəˈnɛtɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to phonetics |
| 2. | Compare phonemic denoting any perceptible distinction between one speech sound and another, irrespective of whether the sounds are phonemes or allophones |
| 3. | conforming to pronunciation: phonetic spelling |
| [C19: from New Latin phōnēticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein to make sounds, speak] | |
| pho'netically | |
| —adv | |
| phonetics (fəˈnɛtɪks) | |
| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) Compare phonology the science concerned with the study of speech processes, including the production, perception, and analysis of speech sounds from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view. This science, though capable of being applied to language studies, technically excludes linguistic considerations | |
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Word Origin & History
phonetic
"representing vocal sounds," 1826, from Mod.L. phoneticus (1797), from Gk. phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adj. of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice" (see fame). Phonetics "scientific study of speech" formed in Eng. 1841.
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phonetics pho·net·ics (fə-nět'ĭks)
n.
The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.
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Example sentences
Themes that rely on phonetics can be tricky because of regional differences.
With spelling in particular, phonetics were more important than correctness.
Might be able to learn something about phonetics from it.
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