phonetics

pho·net·ics

 (fə-nĕt′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

1. The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.

2. The system of sounds of a particular language.

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phonetics

(fəˈnɛtɪks)

n

(Phonetics & Phonology) (functioning as singular) the science concerned with the study of speech processes, including the production, perception, and analysis of speech sounds from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view. This science, though capable of being applied to language studies, technically excludes linguistic considerations. Compare phonology

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pho•net•ics

(fəˈnɛt ɪks, foʊ-)

n.

1. (used with a sing. v.) the study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, reception, analysis, classification, and transcription.

2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the phonetic system or the body of phonetic facts of a particular language.

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phonetics

1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and perception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription.
2. the science or study of speech sounds with respect to their role in distinguishing meanings among words.
3. the phonetic system of a particular language. Cf. phonology. — phonetician, n. — phonetic, phonetical, adj.

See also: Linguistics

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phonetics

The sounds used in speech, or the scientific study of these.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis acoustics - the study of the physical properties of sound speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language infection - (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound assimilate - become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant" dissimilate - become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate" shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted" long - (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long" short - of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" tense - pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') lax - pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

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Translations

رُموز الأصْواتصوتياتعِلْم الأصْوات

fonetikavýslovnostní značky

fonetiklydskrift

PhonetikLautbildungslehreLautlehre

φωνητική

fonética

äänneoppifonetiikka

phonétique

fonetika

fonetika

hljóîfræîi

fonetica

fonetika

fonetikklydskrift

fonetyka

фонетика

fonetické znaky

fonetika

fonetiksesbilim

语音学音标

phonetics

[fəʊˈnetɪks] N → fonética f

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phonetics

[fəˈnɛtɪks] n → phonétique f

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phonetics

n

sing (= subject) → Phonetik f

pl (= phonetic script) → Lautschrift f, → phonetische Umschrift

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phonetics

[fəʊˈnɛtɪks] nsg → fonetica

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phonetic

(fəˈnetik) adjective

relating to the sounds of (a) language. He's making a phonetic study of the speech of the deaf. foneties صَوْتي фонетичен fonético fonetický phonetisch fonetisk φωνητικόςfonético foneetiline آواشناختی foneettinen phonétiqueפונטי ध्वन्यात्मक fonetski fonetikus fonetik hljóðfræðilegur fonetico 音声の 음성(학)의 fonetinis fonētisks fonetik fonetischfonetiskfonetyczny ږغيز، داّواز fonético fonetic фонетический fonetický fonetičen fonetski fonetisk เกี่ยวกับเสียงในภาษา fonetik, sesçil 語音的，語音學的 фонетичний صوتي، آواز سے متعلق ngữ âm 语音的，语音学的

phoˈnetics noun singular

the study of the sounds of language. fonetiek عِلْم الأصْوات фонетика fonética fonetika die Phonetik fonetik φωνητικήfonética foneetika آواشناسی fonetiikka phonétiqueפונטיקה भाषा में ध्वनि का अध्ययन, स्वर विज्ञान fonetika fonetika ilmu fonetik hljóðfræði fonetica 音声学 음성학 fonetika fonētika fonetik fonetiekfonetikkfonetyka فونيم پوهنه، فونټكس، اّواز پوهنه fonética fonetică фонетика fonetika fonetika fonetika fonetik, ljudlära สัทศาสตร์ fonetik, sesbilim 語音學 фонетика صوتيات ngữ âm học 语音学

noun singular, noun plural

(a system of) symbols used to show the pronunciation of words. fonetiek رُموز الأصْوات фонетика fonética výslovnostní značky die Lautbildungslehre lydskrift φωνητικήfonética foneetilised märgid فونتیک foneettinen kirjoitus phonétiqueפונטי हिज्जे दिखाने के लिए संकेतों की प्रणाली fonetski kiejtési jelek lambang ucapan hljóðfræði fonetica 発音記号 음성체계 fonetiniai ženklai fonētiski apzīmējumi simbol yg digunakan utk menunjukkan sebutan perkataan fonetisch stelsel lydskriftfonetyka فونيم پوهنه fonética sistem fonetic фонетические знаки fonetické znaky sistem fonetičnih znakov fonetika fonetiska tecken สัทอักษร fonetik 音標 фонетична транскрипція رمور اوقاف کے نشانات hệ thống ngữ âm 音标

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pho·net·ics

n. fonética, ciencia que estudia la articulación de los sonidos y su pronunciación.

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