- 1using special symbols to represent each different speech sound the International Phonetic Alphabet a phonetic symbol/transcription
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- 2(of a spelling or spelling system) that closely matches the sounds represented Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling.
- 3connected with the sounds of human speech
NAmE//fəˈnɛt̮ɪkli//
adverbSee phonetic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: phonetic