Definition of phonetic

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Phonetic (a.) Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation..

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Phonetics :: Phonetics (n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
Acrophony :: Acrophony (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
Phonetically :: Phonetically (adv.) In a phonetic manner.
Phonetist :: Phonetist (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
Phonology :: Phonology (n.) The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds..
Phonotypy :: Phonotypy (n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character..
Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..
Phonetist :: Phonetist (n.) One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
Nomic :: Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods..
Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..
Phonetize :: Phonetize (v. t.) To represent by phonetic signs.
Explosive :: Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.].
Phonetician :: Phonetician (n.) One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
Anaptotic :: Anaptotic (a.) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages..
Phonetic :: Phonetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use..
Phonetic :: Phonetic (a.) Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation..
Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
Phonetization :: Phonetization (n.) The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs..
Phonetics :: Phonetics (n.) The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.
Phonics :: Phonics (n.) See Phonetics.
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