(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.

of, or pertaining to phonetics.

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

plural of phonetization

The art or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs.

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.

(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).

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phonetize

(transitive) To represent by phonetic signs.