PHONETICIZE


Meaning of PHONETICIZE in English

— phoneticization , n.

/feuh net"euh suyz', foh-/ , v.t., phoneticized, phoneticizing .

1. to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.

2. to increase the regularity of correspondence between sound and symbol in (a writing system): a proposal for a new system of phoneticized English spelling.

Also, esp. Brit., phoneticise .

[ PHONETIC + -IZE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .