01 a. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phrases & compounds
Phonetic spelling —
spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.