phonetics

English

Etymology

phonetic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fəˈnɛtɪks/
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Noun

phonetics (uncountable)

(linguistics) 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.

Synonyms

phonics

Related terms

International Phonetic Alphabet
phonetic
phonetician
phonology

Translations

study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols

Arabic: صَوْتِيَات‎ pl (ṣawtiyāt)
Armenian: հնչյունաբանություն (hy) (hnčʿyunabanutʿyun)
Asturian: fonética f
Azerbaijani: fonetika
Bashkir: фонетика (fonetika)
Bengali: ধ্বনিবিজ্ঞান (dhẇnibigẏan)
Bulgarian: фонетика (bg) f (fonetika)
Burmese: သဒ္ဒဗေဒ (my) (sadda.beda.)
Catalan: fonètica f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 語音學, 语音学 (jyu⁵ jam¹ hok⁶)
Mandarin: 語音學／语音学 (zh) (yǔyīnxué)
Min Nan: 語音學, 语音学 (gír-im-ha̍k)
Chuvash: фонетика (fonet̬ik̬a)
Czech: fonetika f
Danish: fonetik (da) c
Dutch: fonetiek (nl) f, klankleer (nl) m or f
Erzya: фонетика (fonetika)
Esperanto: fonetiko
Faroese: ljóðfrøði f, ljóðlæra f
Finnish: fonetiikka (fi), äänneoppi (fi)
French: phonétique (fr) f
Galician: fonética (gl) f
German: Phonetik (de) f, Lautlehre f
Hindi: स्वरविज्ञान (hi) m (svarvigyān)
Indonesian: fonetik (id)
Interlingua: phonetica
Irish: foghraíocht f
Italian: fonetica (it) f
Japanese: 音声学 (ja) (おんせいがく, onseigaku)
Kazakh: фонетика (fonetika)
Khmer: សទ្ទិកវិទ្យា (satti’ak vityie), សព្ទសញ្ញាវិទ្យា (sap saññaa vityie)
Korean: 음성학(音聲學) (ko) (eumseonghak), 어음학 (eo'eumhak)
Latvian: fonētika f
Lithuanian: fonetika (lt) f
Macedonian: фонетика f (fonetika)
Malay: fonetik (ms), kaji bunyi bahasa
N'Ko: ߡߍ߲ߞߊ߲ߟߐ߲ߘߐߦߊ‎
Norwegian Bokmål: fonetikk (no) m
Occitan: fonetica f
Persian: آواشناسی‎ (fa) (âvašenâsi)
Polish: fonetyka (pl) f
Portuguese: fonética (pt) f
Romanian: fonetică (ro) f
Russian: фоне́тика (ru) f (fonɛ́tika)
Santali: ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ (aṛaṅ saṇes)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фонѐтика f
Roman: fonètika (sh) f
Sindhi: وايوڪيات‎ (sd) f
Slovak: fonetika (sk) f
Slovene: fonetika f
Spanish: fonética (es) f
Swahili: fonetiki
Swedish: fonetik (sv) c
Tagalog: palatinigan
Tamil: ஒலியியல் (ta) (oliyiyal)
Thai: สัทศาสตร์ (th) (sàt-tá-sàat)
Turkish: sesbilgisi, fonetik (tr)
Vietnamese: ngư âm học (語音學)
Yiddish: פֿאָנעטיק‎ f (fonetik)

Anagrams

Ctesiphon, sphenotic