1 using special symbols to represent each different speech sound:
the International Phonetic Alphabet * a phonetic symbol / transcription
2 (of a spelling or spelling system) that closely matches the sounds represented:
Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling.
3 connected with the sounds of human speech
phonetically adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for phonetic is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is phonetic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, phonetic is tagged as adjective.
Does phonetic appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — phonetic appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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