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]- Kurith
by Kurith » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:33 pm
One entry found for phonetic.
Main Entry: pho·net·ic
Pronunciation: f&-'ne-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: New Latin phoneticus, from Greek phOnEtikos, from phOnein to sound with the voice, from phOnE voice
1 a : of or relating to spoken language or speech sounds b : of or relating to the science of phonetics
2 : representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: as a : constituting an alteration of ordinary spelling that better represents the spoken language, that employs only characters of the regular alphabet, and that is used in a context of conventional spelling b : representing speech sounds by means of symbols that have one value only c : employing for speech sounds more than the minimum number of symbols necessary to represent the significant differences in a speaker's speech
- pho·net·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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Main Entry: pho·net·ic
Pronunciation: f&-'ne-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: New Latin phoneticus, from Greek phOnEtikos, from phOnein to sound with the voice, from phOnE voice
1 a : of or relating to spoken language or speech sounds b : of or relating to the science of phonetics
2 : representing the sounds and other phenomena of speech: as a : constituting an alteration of ordinary spelling that better represents the spoken language, that employs only characters of the regular alphabet, and that is used in a context of conventional spelling b : representing speech sounds by means of symbols that have one value only c : employing for speech sounds more than the minimum number of symbols necessary to represent the significant differences in a speaker's speech
- pho·net·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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