Phonetic
Phonetic (fo*net"ik) , adjective
[Greek fwnhtiko`s, from fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Greek fa`nai to speak: compare French phonétique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
2.
Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Collocations (1)
Phonetic spelling , spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.