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phonetic

adjective as in pertaining to speech sounds

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The company’s name is a play on the phonetics of 1, 2, 3 in Spanish.

That is, though she sometimes begins either with an ancient ideographic character or even with the modern phonetic characters to set the mood or theme of her work, she then allows hand and imagination free play.

Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.

Instead of printing, they take the direct photography of events and the phonetic impression of words.

There is only a phonetic distinction between the Spanish and the Portuguese idea.

These tones help to distinguish words which have the same phonetic sound but different meanings.

If phonetic spelling is commenced with the alphabet, he will be accurately trained in that art also.

There are many phonetic alphabets; all else being equal, the one most widely used is clearly the most valuable.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to phonetic, such as: oral, spoken, vocal, and voiced.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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