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phonetic

pho·net·ic [ fə néttik, fō néttik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of speech sounds: belonging to or associated with the sounds of human speech

2. showing pronunciation: representing the sounds of human speech in writing, often with special symbols or unconventional spelling

3. of phonetics: relating to the science of phonetics

[Early 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek phōnētikos "spoken" < phōnein (see phoneme)]

pho·net·i·cal·ly adverb
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