English Explanatory Dictionary

phonetic determinative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of consonants, but is unable to function autonomously and must follow other phonograms that together represent the same consonants
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see phonetic, determinative.

Word forms

phonetic determinative phonetic determinatives

Etymology

The Egyptological sense was apparently coined by Alan Gardiner in his 1927–1957 Egyptian Grammar.

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