"phonetic" meaning in English

See phonetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ [UK], /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ [US], [fəˈnɛɾɪk] [US] Audio: en-us-phonetic.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{bor|en|la|phōnēticus}} Latin phōnēticus, {{der|en|grc|φωνητῐκός}} Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós), {{surf|en|phone|-etic}} By surface analysis, phone + -etic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} phonetic (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to sounds of spoken language): foneties (Afrikaans), հնչյունային (hnčʻyunayin) (Armenian), fonéticu (Asturian), fonètic (Catalan), fonetický (Czech), fonetisch (Dutch), äänteellinen (Finnish), foneettinen (Finnish), phonétique (French), fonético (Galician), phonetisch (German), φωνητικός (fonitikós) (Greek), fonettiin (Ingrian), phonetic (Interlingua), fonetico (Italian), fonētisks (Latvian), sheeanagh (Manx), fonetisk (Norwegian Bokmål), fonetisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), fonetic (Occitan), fonetyczny [masculine] (Polish), fonético (Portuguese), fonetic (Romanian), фонети́ческий (fonetíčeskij) (Russian), fogharach (Scottish Gaelic), fonético (Spanish), fonetisk (Swedish), palatinigin (Tagalog), פֿאָנעטיש (fonetish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-phonetic-en-adj-gx1jxgF7 Disambiguation of 'relating to sounds of spoken language': 86 3 11
  2. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: relating to phones): հնչյունաբանական (hnčʻyunabanakan) (Armenian), fonéticu (Asturian), fonetisch (Dutch), foneettinen (Finnish), phonétique (French), phonetisch (German), fonetikai (Hungarian), fonētisks (Latvian), fonetisk (Norwegian Bokmål), fonetisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), fonetyczny [masculine] (Polish), fonético (Portuguese), fonetic (Romanian), fogharach (Scottish Gaelic), fonético (Spanish), palatinigin (Tagalog), seinegol (Welsh), פֿאָנעטיש (fonetish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-phonetic-en-adj-RYgTOOWs Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: relating to phones': 3 94 3
  3. Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-phonetic-en-adj-k8EUhFEi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fauxnetic, phone, phoneme, phonemic, phonetics, phonology, semiphonetic

Noun

IPA: /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ [UK], /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ [US], [fəˈnɛɾɪk] [US] Audio: en-us-phonetic.ogg Forms: phonetics [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{bor|en|la|phōnēticus}} Latin phōnēticus, {{der|en|grc|φωνητῐκός}} Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós), {{surf|en|phone|-etic}} By surface analysis, phone + -etic Head templates: {{en-noun}} phonetic (plural phonetics)
  1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical). Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics Translations (component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation): 聲旁 /声旁 (shēngpáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 聲符 /声符 (shēngfú) (Chinese Mandarin), 形聲偏旁 /形声偏旁 (xíngshēng piānpáng) (Chinese Mandarin), foneettinen osa (Finnish), 音符 (onpu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-phonetic-en-noun-8vY9sbHk Disambiguation of Phonetics: 23 14 9 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -etic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 16 5 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -etic: 14 24 9 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 16 5 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 22 3 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 20 3 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 10 9 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 18 17 9 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 21 10 9 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 13 10 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 15 10 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 17 7 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 18 7 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 17 8 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 18 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 16 21 8 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 15 9 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 17 16 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 17 13 7 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 16 5 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 16 5 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 15 9 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 13 11 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 15 14 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 20 14 10 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 15 11 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 14 10 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 16 5 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 20 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 16 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 13 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 19 14 11 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 17 17 6 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 20 14 10 56 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Alternative forms

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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "fonētisks"
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          "word": "fonetisk"
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          "word": "fonetic"
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          "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
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        }
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      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "phonetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonetikai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonētisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
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      "word": "fonetyczny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonético"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonetic"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fogharach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "fonético"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "palatinigin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "seinegol"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fonetish",
      "sense": "linguistics: relating to phones",
      "word": "פֿאָנעטיש"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1887–88, J. Edkins, “The character 眞 true”, in The China Review, volume 16, page 306:",
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      "ipa": "/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/",
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      "ipa": "[fəˈnɛɾɪk]",
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        "US"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation",
      "word": "形聲偏旁 /形声偏旁"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation",
      "word": "foneettinen osa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onpu",
      "sense": "component of a phono-semantic compound that indicates pronunciation",
      "word": "音符"
    }
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}

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