PHONETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phonetic mean? 

• PHONETIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHONETIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to speech sounds

2. of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds

  Familiarity information: PHONETIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHONETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to speech sounds

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

phonetic; phonic

Context example:

phonetic transcription

Pertainym:

phone ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)

Derivation:

phone ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)

phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

phonetic analysis

Pertainym:

phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)

Derivation:

phone ((phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language)

phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)

 Context examples 

A phonetic algorithm for indexing words based on the way they sound.

(Metaphone, NCI Thesaurus)

I saw at once that I was on the right track; phonetic spelling had again misled me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)