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phonetic

adjective

pho·​net·​ic fə-ˈne-tik How to pronounce phonetic (audio)
1
: representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: such as
a
: constituting an alteration of ordinary spelling that better represents the spoken language, that employs only characters of the regular alphabet, and that is used in a context of conventional spelling
b
: representing speech sounds by means of symbols that have one value only
c
: employing for speech sounds more than the minimum number of symbols necessary to represent the significant differences in a speaker's speech
2
a
: of or relating to spoken language or speech sounds
b
: of or relating to the science of phonetics

Did you know?

The English alphabet is phonetic—that is, the letters represent sounds. The Chinese alphabet, however, isn't phonetic, since its symbols represent ideas rather than sounds. But even in English, a letter doesn't always represent the same sound; the "a" in cat, father, and mate, for example, represents three different sounds. Because of this, books about words often use specially created phonetic alphabets in which each symbol stands for a single sound in order to represent pronunciations.

Example Sentences

the phonetic units of a language This dictionary uses the International Phonetic Alphabet. Spanish is a more phonetic language than English.
Recent Examples on the Web Another dress on display was devised in the 1990s by the designer known as Icinoo (a phonetic contraction of Lee Shin-woo), one of the first South Koreans to present a collection in Paris. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Creative phonetic renderings — attempts to convey the brainfeel of a sound — are all over TikTok, especially when the sound in question involves a human voice. New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Also, the spelling is entirely phonetic, so you’ll never be confused by silent letters or letters that make different sounds in different contexts. Joshua Holzer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2022 Most important, the prevalence of homophones in the Chinese language means that a phonetic script would lead to endless misunderstandings. Hugo Restall, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022 The font has 8,000 glyphs including Cantonese characters, Mandarin phonetic symbols, the Latin alphabet, numerals, emoji, and punctuation marks. Anne Quito, Quartz, 20 July 2022 Most of the amendments appear to correct typographical errors and phonetic misspellings in the initial transcript. Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022 Mao also spurred the creation of Pinyin, a phonetic, Romanized Chinese alphabet designed as an auxiliary aid to learning Chinese script, rather than a replacement. New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022 The somewhat convoluted story involved someone stuck in an elevator, a backstage run-in with Goldie Hawn and a phonetic spelling of Menzel's name, which Travolta wasn't expecting. Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin phōnēticus "(of written characters) representing speech sounds rather than ideas," borrowed from Greek phōnētikós "of speech, endowed with speech," from phōnē-, variant stem of phōnéō, phoneîn "to speak, utter " (derivative of phōnḗ "sound made by something living, voice, speech, utterance") + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at phono-

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of phonetic was in 1802

Phrases Containing phonetic

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