phonetically

fəˈnɛtɪkli

Definition

Definition of phonetically - Reverso English Dictionary

Adverb

pronunciation

TECH.

in a way that represents sounds of speech

TECH.

The word is spelled phonetically for clarity.

phonemically

soundly

linguistics

TECH.

using phonetic symbols to show pronunciation

TECH.

The teacher wrote the word phonetically on the board.

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Origin of phonetically

Greek, phōnētikos (vocal)

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enclitic

adj.

linguistics

affixed phonetically to the preceding word

Examples of phonetically in a sentence

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She pronounced the name phonetically for clarity.
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French:phonétiquement, de manière phonétique, ...
German:phonetisch, ...
Italian:foneticamente, ...
Spanish:fonéticamente, ...
Portuguese:foneticamente, ...
Chinese:按语音, 用音标, ...
Japanese:音声的に, 発音記号で, ...
Arabic:صَوْتِيًّا, بِشَكْلٍ صَوْتِيٍّ, ...
Hebrew:פוֹנֶטִית, עַל פִּי תַּעֲתִיק פּוֹנֶטִי, ...
Russian:фонетически, ...
Ukrainian:фонетично, ...
Hindi:ध्वन्यात्मक रूप से, ...
Bengali:ধ্বনিগতভাবে, ধ্বনিতাত্ত্বিকভাবে, ...
Catalan:fonèticament, amb símbols fonètics, ...
Czech:foneticky, ...
Danish:fonetisk, udtale, ...
Dutch:fonetisch, ...
Greek:φωνητικά, με φωνητικά σύμβολα, ...
Hungarian:fonetikusan, fonetikai átírással, ...
Khmer:តាមសូរសព្ទ, ដោយប្រើនិមិត្តសញ្ញាសូរសព្ទ, ...
Korean:음성적으로, 음성 기호로, ...
Persian:به صورت آوایی, با نمادهای آوایی, ...
Polish:fonetycznie, ...
Portuguese (BR):foneticamente, ...
Romanian:fonetic, fonetică, ...
Swedish:fonetiskt, ...
Thai:ตามเสียง, โดยใช้สัญลักษณ์เสียง, ...
Turkish:fonetik olarak, ...
Vietnamese:theo cách phát âm, theo phiên âm, ...

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Adverb

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