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8 Letter Words for Phonetic
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Definitions for Phonetic
[1] Also pho·net·i·cal. of or relating 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.
[5] (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
[6] of or relating to phonetics
[7] denoting any perceptible distinction between one speech sound and another, irrespective of whether the sounds are phonemes or allophones Compare phonemic (def. 2)
[8] conforming to pronunciation phonetic spelling
Words related to Phonetic
Words nearby Phonetic
phonemics, phonendoscope, phoner, phonesthemic, phonet., phonetic, phonetic alphabet, phonetic law, phonetician, phoneticize, phonetics
Origin of Phonetic
1820–30; < New Latin phōnēticus < Greek phōnētikós vocal, equivalent to phōnēt(ós ) to be spoken (verbid of phōneîn to speak) + -ikos -ic
Words that may be confused with Phonetic
Other words from Phonetic
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
un·pho·net·i·cal , adjective
un·pho·net·i·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Phonetic
C19: from New Latin phōnēticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein to make sounds, speak