phonetic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fəˈnɛtɪk/, X-SAMPA: /f@"nEtIk/
• (US) IPA: /fəˈnɛtɪk/, [fəˈnɛɾɪk], X-SAMPA: /f@"nEtIk/, [f@"nE4Ik]
• Hyphenation: pho‧net‧ic

Adjective

phonetic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
2. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

Derived terms

• phonetical
• phonetically

Related terms

• phone
• phoneme
• phonemic
• phonetics
• semiphonetic
• fauxnetic

Translations

relating to sounds of spoken language

• Asturian: fonéticu (ast)
• Catalan: fonètic (ca)
• Czech: fonetický (cs)
• Dutch: fonetisch (nl)
• Finnish: äänteellinen (fi), foneettinen (fi)
• French: phonétique (fr)
• Galician: fonético (gl)
• German: phonetisch (de)
• Greek: φωνητικός (el) (fonitikós)
• Italian: fonetico (it)
• Latvian: fonētisks (lv)

• Occitan: fonetic (oc)
• Polish: fonetyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: fonético (pt)
• Romanian: fonetic (ro)
• Russian: фонетический (ru) (fonetíčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fogharach (gd)
• Spanish: fonético (es)

linguistics: relating to phones

• Asturian: fonéticu (ast)
• Dutch: fonetisch (nl)
• Finnish: foneettinen (fi)
• French: phonétique (fr)
• German: phonetisch (de)
• Latvian: fonētisks (lv)

• Polish: fonetyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: fonético (pt)
• Romanian: fonetic (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: fogharach (gd)
• Spanish: fonético (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Armenian: հնչյունական (hy) (hnč‘yunakan), հնչյունաբանական (hy) (hnčyunabanakan)

• Bengali: ধ্বনিমূলক (bn) (dhwônmūlok)
• Hindi: ध्वन्यात्मक (hi) (dhvanyātmak)

Noun

phonetic (plural phonetics)

1. (linguistics) In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.