PHONICS


Meaning of PHONICS in English

/fon"iks/ or, for 2, /foh"niks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )

1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.

2. Obs. phonetics.

[ 1675-85; PHON- + -ICS ]

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