phonetic

Adj

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.

Noun

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).

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

phonic

phonemic

phonetical

Translations

phonétique

fonético

fonetico

fonético

fonetyczny

phonetisch

fonetisch

de klankleer betreffend

φωνητικός

نطقي

fonètic

fonetic

fonetik

de la fonética

de fonética