phonetic

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(fə-nĕt'ĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to phonetics.
  2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound: phonetic spelling.
  3. Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.

[New Latin phōnēticus, representing speech sounds, from Greek phōnētikos, vocal, from phōnētos, to be spoken, from phōnein, to produce a sound, from phōnē, sound, voice.]

phonetical pho·net'i·cal adj.
phonetically pho·net'i·cal·ly adv.

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IN BRIEF: Relating to speech sounds.

pronunciation Spanish is a phonetic language.

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  • fonetic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fonetisk, lyd-

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    fonetisk alfabet

Nederlands (Dutch)
fonetisch

Français (French)
adj. - phonétique
n. - phonétique

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    alphabet phonétique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - phonetisch
n. - Teil eines chin. Schriftzeichens, der selbst ein Wort darstellt

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    phonetisches Alphabet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φωνητικός
n. - φωνητική

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    φωνητικό αλφάβητο

Italiano (Italian)
fonetico

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    alfabeto fonetico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fonética
n. - fonético (m)

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    alfabeto fonético

Русский (Russian)
фонетический

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    фонетический алфавит

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fonético

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    alfabeto fonético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fonetisk, ljud-
n. - fonetik

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
语言的, 表示语音的, 语言上的

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    音标字母

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 語言的, 表示語音的, 語言上的

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    音標字母

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 음성(상)의, 음성학의, 발음대로 철자한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 音声の, 音声学の

idioms:

  • phonetic alphabet    音標文字, フォネチックアルファベット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صوتي, لفظي, متعلق بالأصوات الكلاميه (الاسم) متعلق بعلم تمثيل الأصوات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פונטי, של הגה‬


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