English Explanatory Dictionary

phonetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  2. Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
  3. Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
noun
  1. In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).

Pronunciation

/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ [fəˈnɛɾ.ɪk] [fəˈneɾ.ɪk] en-us-phonetic.ogg

Word forms

phonetic phonetics

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic.

Related words

fauxnetic phone phoneme phonemic phonetics phonology semiphonetic

Derived words

antiphonetic dysphonetic ideophonetic international phonetic alphabet morphophonetic NATO phonetic alphabet nonphonetic phonetical phonetically phonetic alphabet phonetic determinative phonetic erosion phoneticism phoneticist phoneticize phonetic name phonetic spelling alphabet phonetic symbol phonetic symbolism prephonetic psychophonetic sociophonetic unphonetic
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