[ fə'nɛtɪk ]
■ adjective Phonetics relating to speech sounds.
↘(of a system of writing) having a direct correspondence between symbols and sounds.
↘relating to ~s.
Derivatives
~ally adverb
~ism noun
~ist noun
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
C19: from mod. L. ~us , from Gk phōnētikos , from phōnein 'speak'.