phonetic
/fəˈnetɪk/fuh-NEH-tik
/fəˈnɛtɪk/fuh-NEH-tik
Meaningof sounds
Common meaning: relating to speech sounds
- phonvoice, soundLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 877 · scan
- eticGreek adjective ending: able to, relating to
Journey through time
- Greekφωνητικός‘vocal’source
- Englishphonetic‘relating to speech sounds’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) ‘voice, sound’.
Roots
- φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek “voice, sound”
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