phonetic

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

phonic

phonemic

phonetical

Translations

phonétique

fonético

fonetico

fonético

phonetisch

fonetisch

de klankleer betreffend

φωνητικός

نطقي

fonètic

fonetic

fonetik

de la fonética

de fonética

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/

Etymology

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