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Definition
of or relating to speech soundsThe form phonetics may reference the scientific study of speech sounds.
- Can you write the phonetic spelling of his name?
phonetic = speech sound
(In this case, referring to a spelling that uses a character or code for each sound in a language. For example the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), represents both "ue" in blue and "oo" in food as "u".)
(In this case, referring to a spelling that uses a character or code for each sound in a language. For example the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), represents both "ue" in blue and "oo" in food as "u".)
- phonetic transcription
- phonetic analysis
- "Will ye-oo py me f'them?"
[Here, with apologies, this desperate attempt to represent her dialect without a phonetic alphabet must be abandoned as unintelligible outside London.]George Bernard Shaw -- Pygmalion - He spelled out Cacciato's name phonetically, repeated it, his voice calm.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- These names don't have much in common, phonetically or aesthetically, with the low-education names.Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
- That involves typing in a phonetic version of each Chinese word and having it converted to the Chinese character, a very laborious process.Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
- The paper was thin, covered in scrawled runes, but Magnus had taped a printout of the words, spelled out phonetically, over the incantation itself.Cassandra Clare -- City of Lost Souls
- Phonetic spelling had again misled me.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- I still have the piece of paper where I wrote down, phonetically, how to say it.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- Underneath the symbol, I recognized a row of phonetic hieroglyphs: "Z—I—A," I read.Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
- Ginnarr inscribed this word on a slip of parchment, taking care to write the phonetics so Max would not mispronounce the Old Norse.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Unlike Tibetan, to which it is closely related, Sherpa is not a written language, so Westerners are forced to resort to phonetic renderings.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- Here is the phonetic pronunciation.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- He looked around in the store for the cheapest dictionary that contained the phonetic alphabet.Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
- Rather, our characters are phonetic in nature.Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- I'll say them phonetically.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- "Phonetics," said Lisa.Susanna Kaysen -- Girl Interrupted
- I had made the first total emotional commitment of my life when I read how the phonetic experts had given these tongueless people a language, newspapers, institutions.Richard Wright -- Black Boy
- Once, in his wife's presence, Kennedy uses a version of the military's phonetic alphabet to lash out at a newspaper columnist, referring to him as a "Charlie-Uncle-Nan-Tare."Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
phonetic = speech sound