phonetics
noun/fəˈnɛt.ɪks/ · [fəˈnɛʔəks]
Etymology From phonetic + -s.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.
- This dictionary shows the phonetics of the words.
- Derived terms
- acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, ideophonetics, psychophonetics, sociophonetics
- Related terms
- International Phonetic Alphabet, phonetic, phonetician, phonology