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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲