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| pho·net·ic [ fə néttik, fō néttik ] |
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1. of speech sounds: belonging to or associated with the sounds of human speech
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2. showing pronunciation: representing the sounds of human speech in writing, often with special symbols or unconventional spelling
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3. of phonetics: relating to the science of phonetics
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| [Early 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek phōnētikos "spoken" < phōnein (see phoneme)] |
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 pho·net·i·cal·ly adverb |
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