phonetics

Pronunciation

• enPR: fə-nĕt'-ĭks, IPA ^(key): /fəˈnɛtɪks/, SAMPA: /f@"nEtIks/

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Noun

Singular none

Plural phonetics

1. (uncountable) (linguistics) Phonetics is the study of the sounds of human speech or (movements, in the case of sign language).

Related words

• phonetic

See also

• phonology