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phonetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [fəˈnɛɾ.ɪk] (Canada, General-American)
• /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/
• [fəˈneɾ.ɪk] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
2. (not-comparable) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
3. (not-comparable) Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
   • All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.

Deriveds

phoneticize · phonetic name · phonetic erosion · morphophonetic · phonetically · phonetic symbol · NATO phonetic alphabet · nonphonetic · dysphonetic · phoneticism · sociophonetic · psychophonetic · prephonetic · antiphonetic · international phonetic alphabet · phoneticist · unphonetic · phonetical · ideophonetic · phonetic alphabet · phonetic spelling alphabet · phonetic determinative · phonetic symbolism

Relateds

phoneme · semiphonetic · phonetics · fauxnetic · phonemic · phone · phonology

Translations (52)

fi foneettinen (linguistics: relating to phones) · pl fonetyczny (linguistics: relating to phones) · ro fonetic (linguistics: relating to phones) · hy հնչյունաբանական (linguistics: relating to phones) · gl fonético (linguistics: relating to phones) · it fonetico (relating to sounds of spoken language) · tl palatinigin (relating to sounds of spoken language) · nb fonetisk (relating to sounds of spoken language) · ast fonéticu (linguistics: relating to phones) · da fonetisk (linguistics: relating to phones) · fi äänteellinen (relating to sounds of spoken language) · de phonetisch (linguistics: relating to phones) · da fonetisk (relating to sounds of spoken language) · sv fonetisk (relating to sounds of spoken language) · ro fonetic (relating to sounds of spoken language) · nb fonetisk (linguistics: relating to phones) · nn fonetisk (relating to sounds of spoken language) · uk фонети́чний (linguistics: relating to phones) · ru фонети́ческий (relating to sounds of spoken language) · de phonetisch (relating to sounds of spoken language) · ast fonéticu (relating to sounds of spoken language) · oc fonetic (relating to sounds of spoken language) · cy seinegol (linguistics: relating to phones) · nl fonetisch (relating to sounds of spoken language) · yi פֿאָנעטיש (relating to sounds of spoken language) · es fonético (linguistics: relating to phones) · ga foghraíochta (relating to sounds of spoken language) · es fonético (relating to sounds of spoken language) · ia phonetic (relating to sounds of spoken language) · izh fonettiin (relating to sounds of spoken language) · pl fonetyczny (relating to sounds of spoken language) · pt fonético (linguistics: relating to phones) · el φωνητικός (relating to sounds of spoken language) · af foneties (relating to sounds of spoken language) · gl fonético (relating to sounds of spoken language) · gd fogharach (linguistics: relating to phones) · pt fonético (relating to sounds of spoken language) · nn fonetisk (linguistics: relating to phones) · lv fonētisks (relating to sounds of spoken language) · hy հնչյունային (relating to sounds of spoken language) · cs fonetický (relating to sounds of spoken language) · tl palatinigin (linguistics: relating to phones) · nl fonetisch (linguistics: relating to phones) · gv sheeanagh (relating to sounds of spoken language) · yi פֿאָנעטיש (linguistics: relating to phones) · gd fogharach (relating to sounds of spoken language) · ca fonètic (relating to sounds of spoken language) · lv fonētisks (linguistics: relating to phones) · hu fonetikai (linguistics: relating to phones) · fi foneettinen (relating to sounds of spoken language) · fr phonétique (linguistics: relating to phones) · fr phonétique (relating to sounds of spoken language)

phonetic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [fəˈnɛɾ.ɪk] (Canada, General-American)
• /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/
• [fəˈneɾ.ɪk] (Australia, New-Zealand)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic.

Meanings

1. In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).
   • In the first case the character is pronounced identically, even as to tone, as the phonetic. 1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy:
   • Or, the semantic may wrap around the phonetic, or position within the phonetic. 2013, William S-Y. Wang, Love and War in Ancient China: Voices from the Shijing, page 25:
   • I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group. 1887–88, J. Edkins, “The character 眞 true”, in The China Review, volume 16, page 306:

Forms

Translations (6)

cmn 聲旁 /声旁 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation) · cmn 聲符 /声符 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation) · cmn 形聲偏旁 /形声偏旁 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation) · ja 音符 (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation) · pl część fonetyczna (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation) · fi foneettinen osa (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation)