See Also: phonetic(medicine)
phonetic(dictionary)
phonetic(dictionary)
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)(encyclopedia)

phonetic (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; PHON-]
relating to the sounds of human speech
using special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech
::a phonetic alphabet
::phonetic symbols