(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

(linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).

Relating to the sounds of spoken language. / (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes). / Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.

In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.

of, or pertaining to phonetics.

simple past tense and past participle of phonetize

(transitive) To represent by phonetic signs.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phonetize

present participle of phonetize

(dated) The science dealing with vocal sounds; phonetics.