phonetic

The definition of phonetic is things that are related to pronunciation.

(adjective)

An example of phonetic is the word "dad" being spelled the way it sounds.

See phonetic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of speech sounds or the production or transcription of these
of phonetics
conforming to pronunciation: phonetic spelling
of or involving the relatively small differences between related speech sounds, which can be perceived but do not change meaning: the differences between the sounds represented by p in “tip” and “pit” are phonetic, since substituting one for the other would not change the meanings of the two words

Origin: ModL phoneticus < Gr phōnētikos < phōnētos, to be spoken < phōnein, to speak < phōnē, a sound: see phono-

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See phonetic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to phonetics.
Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound: phonetic spelling.
Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin phōnēticus, representing speech sounds

Origin: , from Greek phōnētikos, vocal

Origin: , from phōnētos, to be spoken

Origin: , from phōnein, to produce a sound

Origin: , from phōnē, sound, voice; see bhā-² in Indo-European roots

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