"phonics" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒnɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfəʊnɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑnɪks/ [General-American], /ˈfoʊnɪks/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phonics.wav
Rhymes: -ɒnɪks Etymology: From phon- + -ics. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|phon|ics}} phon- + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} phonics (uncountable)
  1. The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling. Tags: uncountable Translations (study): foniikka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:study_of_sound_spelling_correspondence Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phon-, English terms suffixed with -ics, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 37 2 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phon-: 23 40 4 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 24 37 3 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 29 2 35 Disambiguation of 'study': 100 0 0 0
  2. A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling. Tags: uncountable Translations (method of teaching): 自然拼讀 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然拼读 (zìránpīndú) (Chinese Mandarin), 自然拼音 (zìránpīnyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 字母拼讀 (Chinese Mandarin), 字母拼读 (zìmǔpīndú) (Chinese Mandarin), 自然發音 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然发音 (zìránfāyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), フォニックス (fuonikkusu) (Japanese), ljudning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:method_of_teaching_reading_with_sound_spelling_correspondence Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phon-, English terms suffixed with -ics, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 37 2 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phon-: 23 40 4 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 24 37 3 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 29 2 35 Disambiguation of 'method of teaching': 3 95 0 3
  3. Phonetics. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:phonetics
  4. Acoustics. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:acoustics Disambiguation of Linguistics: 21 30 1 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with phon-, English terms suffixed with -ics, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 37 2 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phon-: 23 40 4 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 24 37 3 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 31 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 29 2 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 24 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 28 3 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 24 2 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 23 2 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 28 2 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: synthetic phonics
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