phoneticadjective
uk/fəˈnet.ɪk/us/foʊˈnet̬.ɪk/specializedusing special signs to represent the different sounds made by the voice in speech:
Pronunciations are shown in this dictionary using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
A spelling system can be described as phonetic if you can understand how words are pronounced simply by looking at their spelling.
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- This is a phonetic transcription of the conversations that were recorded on tape.
- the International Phonetic Alphabet
- German is largely a phonetic language.
- The phonetic representation of a word shows you how to pronounce it.
- phonetic symbols
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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adverb uk/fəˈnet.ɪ.kəl.i/us/foʊˈnet̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
She pronounced Leicester phonetically as "Ley-ces-ter', but really we say "Lester."