phonetics

Meaning

The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

Synonyms

phonology

phonics

Translations

phonétique

Phonetik

fonética

fonetica

fonètica

klankleer

fonética

fonetiek

φωνητική

Lautlehre

φωνολογία

صوتيات

fonetik

Φωνητική

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈnɛtɪks/

Etymology

From phonetic + -s.