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   phonetic

   /fəˈnɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to speech sounds: "detailed phonetic information"
   • ▪ (of a system of writing) having a direct correspondence between symbols and sounds: "a phonetic alphabet"
   • ▪ relating to phonetics: "phonetic training"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from modern Latin phoneticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein ‘speak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. phonetically adverb
   • 2. phoneticism noun
   • 3. phoneticist noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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