phonetic
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• adjective
Relating to speech sounds, their physical production, or the branch of linguistics that studies them.
"The linguist analyzed the subtle phonetic differences between the two regional dialects."
Having a direct correspondence between written symbols and spoken sounds (of a writing system or spelling).
"Spanish has a largely phonetic orthography, making it relatively easy to pronounce words from how they are spelled."
Word Nuance & Usage
In linguistics, 'phonetic' refers to the physical production and acoustic properties of speech sounds, whereas 'phonemic' refers to how those sounds function within a specific language to distinguish meaning.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 19th century from Modern Latin 'phoneticus', from Ancient Greek 'phōnētikos' (vocal, relating to sound), derived from 'phōnē' (sound, voice).