phonetic

Adjective
Synonyms: phonic

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to speech sounds“phonetic transcription”Synonyms: phonic
  2. of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds“phonetic analysis”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. fwnhtiko`s, fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F. phon['e]tique. See Ban a proclamation.]

1.Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. [1913 Webster]

2.Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation. [1913 Webster]

Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet. [1913 Webster]

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