'Phonetics' definitions:
Definition of 'phonetics'
(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
Definition of 'Phonetics'
From: GCIDE
- Phonetics \Pho*net"ics\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]ks), n.
- 1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phonetics'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaut,
- acoustic phonetics,
- articulatory phonetics,
- audiometer,
- auriscope,
- auriscopy,
- betacism,
- bowwow theory,
- cacography,
- comparative linguistics,
- derivation,
- descriptive linguistics,
- dialectology,
- dingdong theory,
- etymology,
- glossematics,
- glossology,
- glottochronology,
- glottology,
- gradation,
- grammar,
- graphemics,
- historical linguistics,
- language study,
- lexicology,
- lexicostatistics,
- linguistic geography,
- linguistic science,
- linguistics,
- mathematical linguistics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- mutation,
- orthoepy,
- orthography,
- otography,
- otolaryngology,
- otology,
- otoneurology,
- otopathy,
- otoplasty,
- otoscope,
- otoscopy,
- paleography,
- philology,
- phonetic spelling,
- phonography,
- phonology,
- psycholinguistics,
- rhotacism,
- semantics,
- sociolinguistics,
- sound shift,
- spelldown,
- spelling,
- spelling bee,
- spelling match,
- spelling reform,
- structuralism,
- syntactics,
- transformational linguistics,
- umlaut