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phonetic

[fuh-net-ik] / fəˈnɛt ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to speech sounds
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As former British colonies, both Kenya and Nigeria share English as an official language, but each country has developed distinct spoken varieties with different phonetic structures.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

It asserts that phonetic dialogue is rarely convincing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

The description of what the researchers termed a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet” opens the possibility of conveying a much larger variety of information.

From Science Magazine May 7, 2024

That was compounded by a last-minute change to his lines — a new, phonetic spelling of Menzel’s name — and he was thrown because he “didn’t rehearse it that way.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2024

“Here is the phonetic pronunciation. It’s called the Sympathetic Binding of Parallel Motion. Practice.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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