phonetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce phonetic in British English:
UK [fəˈnetɪk]
How to pronounce phonetic in American English:
US [fəˈnɛtɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to speech sounds
- of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds
Word Origin
- phonetic (adj.)
- "representing vocal sounds," 1803, from Modern Latin phoneticus (1797), from Greek phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adjective of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
Example
- 1. It is a ticklish task , since mandarin characters can have both phonetic and descriptive meanings .
- 2. Party wanted to make mandarin china 's national language , simplify chinese characters and devise a new phonetic alphabet .
- 3. And research is teasing apart the phonetic components of babble , along with the interplay of neurologic , cognitive and social factors .
- 4. But many compounds have not succumbed to wear and tear or have changed their phonetic shape in a minimal way , and yet we still have trouble understanding their history .
- 5. What he writes about is solidly grounded in a sense of place ; his language is rooted in the speech patterns of ulster , with something of that derry quality of " phonetic grunting " .