Meaning of PHONETIC
| Pronunciation: | | fu'netik
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- [adj] of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; "phonetic analysis"
- [adj] of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription"
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| | Definition: | | \Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a sound, tone; akin to
Gr. ? to speak: cf. F. phon['e]tique. See {Ban} a
proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed
to {ideographic}; as, a phonetic notation.
{Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic
spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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