phonics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
Phonetics.
Acoustics.

/ˈfɒnɪks/ /ˈfəʊnɪks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phonics.wav /ˈfɑnɪks/ /ˈfoʊnɪks/

phonics

From phon- + -ics.

allophonics anthropophonics dodecaphonics dormiphonics homophonics microphonics multiphonics symphonics

cataphonics diaphonics Ebonics phonicator -phonics synthetic phonics

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