"phonetics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fəˈnɛtɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phonetics.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛtɪks Etymology: phonetic + -s. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-|id=speak}}, {{suffix|en|phonetic|s|id2=pluralia tantum}} phonetic + -s Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} phonetics (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols. Wikipedia link: phonetics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics Synonyms: phonics Related terms: International Phonetic Alphabet, phonetic, phonetician, phonology Translations (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols): fonetiek (Afrikaans), صَوْتِيَات (ṣawtiyāt) [plural] (Arabic), հնչյունաբանություն (hnčʿyunabanutʿyun) (Armenian), fonética [feminine] (Asturian), fonetika (Azerbaijani), фонетика (fonetika) (Bashkir), ধ্বনিবিজ্ঞান (dhonibiggên) (Bengali), фонетика (fonetika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သဒ္ဒဗေဒ (sadda.beda.) (Burmese), fonètica [feminine] (Catalan), 語音學 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 语音学 (gír-im-ha̍k) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 語音學 (Chinese Cantonese), 语音学 (jyu⁵ jam¹ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 語音學 (Chinese Mandarin), 语音学 (yǔyīnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), фонетика (fonet̬ik̬a) (Chuvash), fonetika [feminine] (Czech), fonetik [common-gender] (Danish), fonetiek [feminine] (Dutch), klankleer [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), фонетика (fońeťika) (Erzya), гайтьсодамо (gajťsodamo) (Erzya), fonetiko (Esperanto), ljóðfrøði [feminine] (Faroese), ljóðlæra [feminine] (Faroese), fonetiikka (Finnish), äänneoppi (Finnish), phonétique [feminine] (French), fonética [feminine] (Galician), Phonetik [feminine] (German), Lautlehre [feminine] (German), ñe'ẽpukuaaty (Guaraní), स्वरविज्ञान (svarvijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), fonetika (Hungarian), fonetik (Indonesian), phonetica (Interlingua), foghraíocht [feminine] (Irish), fonetica [feminine] (Italian), 音声学 (onseigaku) (alt: おんせいがく) (Japanese), фонетика (fonetika) (Kazakh), សទ្ទិកវិទ្យា (satti’ak vityie) (Khmer), សព្ទសញ្ញាវិទ្យា (sap saññaa vityie) (Khmer), 음성학 (eumseonghak) (alt: 音聲學) (Korean), 어음학 (eo'eumhak) (Korean), fonētika [feminine] (Latvian), fonetika [feminine] (Lithuanian), фонетика (fonetika) [feminine] (Macedonian), fonetik (Malay), kaji bunyi bahasa (Malay), sheeanaghtys [masculine] (Manx), авиазүй (aviazüj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠠᠪᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠦᠢ (abiy-a ǰüi) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ߡߍ߲ߞߊ߲ߟߐ߲ߘߐߦߊ (N'Ko), fonetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fonetica [feminine] (Occitan), آواشناسی (âvâšenâsi) (Persian), fonetyka [feminine] (Polish), fonética [feminine] (Portuguese), fonetică [feminine] (Romanian), фоне́тика (fonɛ́tika) [feminine] (Russian), ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ (aṛaṅ saṇes) (Santali), фонѐтика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fonètika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), وايوڪيات [feminine] (Sindhi), fonetika [feminine] (Slovak), fonetika [feminine] (Slovene), fonética [feminine] (Spanish), fonetiki (Swahili), fonetik [common-gender] (Swedish), palatinigan (Tagalog), ஒலியியல் (oliyiyal) (Tamil), สัทศาสตร์ (sàt-tá-sàat) (Thai), sesbilgisi (Turkish), fonetik (Turkish), ngữ âm học (alt: 語音學) (Vietnamese), seineg [feminine] (Welsh), פֿאָנעטיק (fonetik) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "tags": [
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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          "lang": "Erzya",
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          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "gajťsodamo",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "гайтьсодамо"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lautlehre"
        },
        {
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "ñe'ẽpukuaaty"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "svarvijñān",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "स्वरविज्ञान"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "fonetik"
        },
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "phonetica"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "foghraíocht"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetica"
        },
        {
          "alt": "おんせいがく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "onseigaku",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "音声学"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "fonetika",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "фонетика"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "satti’ak vityie",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "សទ្ទិកវិទ្យា"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sap saññaa vityie",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "សព្ទសញ្ញាវិទ្យា"
        },
        {
          "alt": "音聲學",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eumseonghak",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "음성학"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eo'eumhak",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "어음학"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonētika"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetika"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "fonetika",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "aviazüj",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "abiy-a ǰüi",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ᠠᠪᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠦᠢ"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "N'Ko",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "ߡߍ߲ߞߊ߲ߟߐ߲ߘߐߦߊ"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetica"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âvâšenâsi",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "آواشناسی"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "fonetyka"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonética"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetică"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fonɛ́tika",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фоне́тика"
        },
        {
          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "aṛaṅ saṇes",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "фонѐтика"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonètika"
        },
        {
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "وايوڪيات"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetika"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonetika"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fonética"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "fonetiki"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fonetik"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "palatinigan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "oliyiyal",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "ஒலியியல்"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sàt-tá-sàat",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "สัทศาสตร์"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "sesbilgisi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "fonetik"
        },
        {
          "alt": "語音學",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "word": "ngữ âm học"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "seineg"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "fonetik",
          "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאָנעטיק"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "phonetics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈnɛtɪks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛtɪks"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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}
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (speak)",
        "English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum)",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛtɪks",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛtɪks/4 syllables",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        {
          "text": "This dictionary shows the phonetics of the words.",
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        }
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        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
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        ]
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        {
          "word": "phonics"
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        "uncountable"
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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        "phonetics"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fəˈnɛtɪks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛtɪks"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣawtiyāt",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "صَوْتِيَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hnčʿyunabanutʿyun",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "հնչյունաբանություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonética"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "fonetika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dhonibiggên",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ধ্বনিবিজ্ঞান"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fonetika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sadda.beda.",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "သဒ္ဒဗေဒ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonètica"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "語音學"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyu⁵ jam¹ hok⁶",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "语音学"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "語音學"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gír-im-ha̍k",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "语音学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "語音學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔyīnxué",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "语音学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "fonet̬ik̬a",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fonetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klankleer"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "fońeťika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "gajťsodamo",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "гайтьсодамо"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljóðfrøði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ljóðlæra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetiikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "äänneoppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "phonétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonética"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Phonetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lautlehre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ñe'ẽpukuaaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svarvijñān",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वरविज्ञान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "phonetica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foghraíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おんせいがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onseigaku",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "音声学"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "fonetika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "satti’ak vityie",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "សទ្ទិកវិទ្យា"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sap saññaa vityie",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "សព្ទសញ្ញាវិទ្យា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "音聲學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eumseonghak",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "음성학"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eo'eumhak",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "어음학"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonētika"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fonetika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фонетика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "kaji bunyi bahasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sheeanaghtys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "aviazüj",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "авиазүй"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "abiy-a ǰüi",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠠᠪᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ ᠵᠦᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nqo",
      "lang": "N'Ko",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ߡߍ߲ߞߊ߲ߟߐ߲ߘߐߦߊ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetica"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âvâšenâsi",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "آواشناسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonética"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fonɛ́tika",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фоне́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "aṛaṅ saṇes",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фонѐтика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonètika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وايوڪيات"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fonética"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fonetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "palatinigan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "oliyiyal",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ஒலியியல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sàt-tá-sàat",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "สัทศาสตร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "sesbilgisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "fonetik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "語音學",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "word": "ngữ âm học"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seineg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fonetik",
      "sense": "study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאָנעטיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phonetics"
}

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