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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fonético

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fonetico

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phonetic/fəˈnɛt.ɪk/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O alfabeto fonético ajuda a representar os sons de diferentes línguas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the sounds of speech or the study of these sounds.

    "The phonetic alphabet helps in accurately representing the sounds of different languages."
As noun
  1. 1

    A system of phonetic transcription that represents the sounds of speech.

    "Linguists often use the International Phonetic Alphabet as a phonetic tool."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word phōnetikos, meaning 'pertaining to sound', which stems from phōnē meaning 'sound' or 'voice'. It entered English in the mid-19th century through French phonétique, initially used in the context of vocal sounds and later applied to spelling systems representing speech sounds.

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