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Phonetic : adj
1: of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription"
[syn: phonic]
2: of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds;
"phonetic analysis"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Phonetic : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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