Pho*net"ic (?), a. [Gr.
&?;, fr. &?; a sound, tone; akin to
Gr. &?; to speak: cf. F. phonétique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice,
or its use.
2. Representing
sounds; as, phonetic
characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phonetic spelling,
spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
Hear it pronounced