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Phonetic

Phonetic Meaning & Definition
Phonetic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phonetic?

[adj] of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; "phonetic analysis"
[adj] of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription"

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Phonetic In Webster's Dictionary

\Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a sound, tone; akin to Gr. ? to speak: cf. F. phon['e]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to {ideographic}; as, a phonetic notation. {Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.

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