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Webster 1913 Edition
Phonetic
Pho-net′ic
(fō̍-nĕt′ĭk)
, Adj.
[Gr.
φωνητικός
, fr. φωνή
a sound, tone; akin to Gr. φάναι
to speak: cf. F. phonétique
. See Ban
a proclamation.] 1.
Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
2.
Representing sounds;
as,
; – opposed to phonetic
charactersideographic
; as, a
. phonetic
notationPhonetic spelling
, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; – contrasted with
Romanic spelling
, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.