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Definition: Phonetics |
PhoneticsNoun1. The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "phonetics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
Crosswords: Phonetics |
| English words defined with "phonetics": assimilate ♦ dissimilate ♦ Henry Sweet ♦ phonetically, phonetician, Phonetist ♦ sweet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "phonetics": TEACHER, MENTALLY IMPAIRED. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Phonetics" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phonetics" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "phonetics": auditory phonetics. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "phonetics": acoustic-phonetics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
phonetics | 123 | phonetics russian | 3 |
english phonetics | 18 | acoustic phonetics | 3 |
phonetics and phonology | 11 | dictionary phonetics | 3 |
phonetics font | 9 | international phonetics | 3 |
alphabet international phonetics | 7 | articulatory phonetics phonology | 3 |
french phonetics | 7 | arabic phonetics | 2 |
exercise phonetics | 6 | hooked on phonetics | 2 |
inc phonetics | 5 | japanese phonetics | 2 |
articulatory phonetics | 5 | english phonetic phonetics symbol | 2 |
military phonetics | 5 | journal phonetics | 2 |
phonetics spanish | 4 | audio dictionary phonetics | 2 |
chinese phonetics | 4 | ||
audio dictionary phonetics | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "phonetics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fonetikë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نظام الأصوات الكلامية, لفظي (phonetic, pronunciational, verbal), علم نظام الأصوات, علم الأصوات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фонетика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 语音学. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fonetika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fonetik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fonetiek, klankleer (acoustics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | fonetiko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مبحث تلفظصوتی حرف وکلمات , صوت شناسی (Acoustics, Phonemics), اواشناسی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | fonetiikka, äänneoppi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phonétique (phonetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Phonetik, Lautlehre (phonology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωνητική, φωνητικά σύμβολα (phonics), φωνολογία (phonics, phonology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תורת ההגאים (phonology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hangtan (acoustics), fonetika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tata bunyi, ilmu fonetik, fonetik (phonetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fonetico (phonetic), fonetica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 音韻学 (phonology), 音声学 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おんせいがく, おんいんがく (phonology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 음성학. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeanaghtys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | fonétika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oneticsphay fonetista, fonética (phoney). (various references) sistem fonetic, foneticã (phonics, phonology). (various references) фонетика. (various references) fonetika. (various references) fonética. (various references) fonetik. (various references) sesbilim (acoustics, phonology), fonetik (phonetic). (various references) fonetika (r). (various references) фонетика. (various references) seineg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Phonetics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fonetic, Fonteius, phanaticism, phenetic, phenetics, pheonetic, phoenetic, phoenetics, phoenitcs, phoetics, phonetica, phoneticised, phontic, phoretic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "phonetics" (pronounced fune"tiks) |
| 7 | -u n e" t i k s | genetics, kinetics. |
| 6 | -n e" t i k s | Magnetics. |
| 5 | -e" t i k s | aesthetics, anesthetics, asthmatics, athletics, cosmetics, diabetics, diuretics, prosthetics, synthetics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, acrobatics, aerobatics, aeronautics, analytics, antibiotics, antics, astronautics, attics, automatics, ballistics, batiks, characteristics, charismatics, Criminalistics, critics, diagnostics, domestics, exotics, fanatics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, informatics, linguistics, logistics, mathematics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, plastics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, systematics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chopines, phonetic, phoniest, postiche, potiches. | |
-2 letters: chitons, chopine, chopins, entopic, ethions, ethnics, histone, hospice, incepts, inspect, nepotic, notches, notices, ophites, pectins, phocine, phonics, phonies, photics, pinches, pintoes, pitches, poetics, pointes, potiche, pschent, section, sphenic, sthenic. | |
-3 letters: centos, cestoi, chines, chinos, chints, chiton, chopin, chosen, conies, contes, copens, copies, cosine, epochs, ethics, ethion, ethnic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: clothespin, nephrotics, nightscope. | |
+2 letters: checkpoints, clothespins, nightscopes, phonemicist. | |
+3 letters: cephalothins, chiropterans, phenocrystic, phonemicists, phoneticians, plainclothes, polytechnics, pyrotechnics, pyrotechnist, stenographic, stereophonic, technophiles. | |
+4 letters: amphictyonies, chemisorption, containership, copartnership, dodecaphonist, inspectorship, lycanthropies, nephrectomies, pantechnicons, picturephones, precentorship, psychogenetic, psychokinetic, pyrotechnists, technophobias, terpsichorean, trichopterans. | |
+5 letters: accomplishment, acetaminophens, actinomorphies, anticensorship, asthenospheric, cephalizations, chemisorptions, chromoproteins, cinematographs, containerships, controllership, copartnerships, dodecaphonists, dryopithecines, hyperfunctions, hypersecretion, hypothecations, hypotonicities, inspectorships, magnetospheric, nephrectomizes, photoreactions, photosynthetic, phycoerythrins, precentorships, psychoneurotic, spinthariscope, streptothricin. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 6F 6E 65 74 69 63 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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