phonetic C2 Topic:Science & Research US /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like fanatic /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Freq #64239 Meanings 1 adj of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds Phonetic analysis. 2 adj of or relating to speech sounds Phonetic transcription. 3 adj Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic. All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling. 4 noun In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical). I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · of or relating to speech... phonic Word family Derived forms antiphoneticdysphoneticideophoneticmorphophoneticnonphoneticphoneticalphoneticallyphoneticismphoneticistphoneticizeprephoneticpsychophonetic Related forms fauxneticphonephonemephonemicphoneticsphonologysemiphonetic Common collocations phonetic alphabet Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # phonetic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 64239 ## Meanings 1. of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds 2. of or relating to speech sounds 3. Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic. 4. In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical). ## Examples - Phonetic analysis. - Phonetic transcription. - All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling. - I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group. ## Derived Forms - antiphonetic - dysphonetic - ideophonetic - morphophonetic - nonphonetic - phonetical - phonetically - phoneticism - phoneticist - phoneticize - prephonetic - psychophonetic ## Related Forms - fauxnetic - phone - phoneme - phonemic - phonetics - phonology - semiphonetic ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown