phonetic
adjective/fəˈnetɪk/
/fəˈnetɪk/
- using special symbols to represent each different speech sound
- the International Phonetic Alphabet
- a phonetic symbol/transcription
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- (of a spelling or spelling system) that closely matches the sounds represented
- Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling.
- connected with the sounds of human speech
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from modern Latin phoneticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein ‘speak’.
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