Question 1 · Quick check
phonetic
CEFRC1
/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/
adjective · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Related to the sounds used in human speech.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailRelating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
Examples
Can you read phonetic signs?
English is not a phonetic language.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 3
Also pronounced
- [fəˈneɾ.ɪk]
- [fəˈnɛɾ.ɪk]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsRelating to the sounds of spoken language.
Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
noun
Extra meaningIn such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).
More examples
In contextAll unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.
I suspect that 田 dien is the original character and true phonetic of the whole group.
In the first case the character is pronounced identically, even as to tone, as the phonetic.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
adjective
Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós). By surface analysis, phone + -etic.