"phonics" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:study_of_sound_spelling_correspondence
  2. A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics 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 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 23 67 2 8 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 Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 68 1 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with phon-: 21 67 5 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ics: 21 68 4 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 68 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 70 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 73 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 70 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 47 3 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 67 3 5 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
    Sense id: en-phonics-en-noun-en:acoustics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: synthetic phonics
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      "ipa": "/ˈfəʊnɪks/",
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