phonic
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• adjective
Relating to or using phonics as a method of teaching reading and pronunciation by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters.
"The elementary school adopted a structured phonic approach to help first graders decode unfamiliar words."
Relating to, having the nature of, or producing sound, especially vocal or speech sounds.
"Researchers analyzed the phonic patterns of the infant's early babbling."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Phonic" refers generally to acoustic sound or vocal speech (and specifically to the "phonics" method of teaching reading), whereas "phonetic" refers more technically to the linguistic study, classification, and transcription of speech sounds.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 19th century from Ancient Greek phōnē, meaning "voice" or "sound," combined with the adjective-forming suffix -ic.