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English Dictionary: phonetic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phonetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phonetic adj of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" Synonym(s): phonetic, phonic of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds; "phonetic analysis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phonetic \Phonet"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a sound, tone; akin to Gr. [?] to speak: cf. F. phon[82]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic* characters; -- opposed to {ideographic}; as, a phonetic notation. {Phonetic spelling}, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.