pho‧net‧ic /fəˈnetɪk/ adjective technical
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; phon-]

1. relating to the sounds of human speech

2. using special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech:
a phonetic alphabet
phonetic symbols

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