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Topic: LINGUISTICS

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; PHON-

phonetic

 adjective
     
pho‧net‧ic technical
1SL relating to the sounds of human speech
2SL using special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech:
a phonetic alphabet
phonetic symbols
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