"phoneticize" meaning in English

See phoneticize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: phoneticizes [present, singular, third-person], phoneticizing [participle, present], phoneticized [participle, past], phoneticized [past]
Etymology: From phonetic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|phonetic|ize}} phonetic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} phoneticize (third-person singular simple present phoneticizes, present participle phoneticizing, simple past and past participle phoneticized)
  1. (transitive) To spell by phonetic script. Tags: transitive Synonyms: phonetize
    Sense id: en-phoneticize-en-verb-3~bAaCeW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (transitive) To change (spelling) so that it is more phonetic (transparent; see Orthographic depth). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-phoneticize-en-verb-bBRJbswV

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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