(transitive) To represent by phonetic signs.

present participle of phonetize

A writing system used to unambiguously transcribe the sounds of human speech.

(phonetics) A written symbol used systematically for denoting a phoneme or any other phonetic quality in utterance.

(linguistics) The viewpoint that sounds themselves have meaning.

plural of phonetic symbol

plural of phonetic alphabet

(phonetics, phonology) The loss of phonemes from a spoken word (or of words in a phrase) over time, sometimes as a result of grammaticalization.

(Egyptology) a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of consonants, but is unable to function autonomously and must follow other phonograms that together represent the same consonants

plural of phonetic determinative