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phonetics
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
phonetics
(noun)
phonetics
/fə
ˈ
nɛtɪks/
noun
phonetics
/fə
ˈ
nɛtɪks/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PHONETICS
[
noncount
]
linguistics
:
the study of speech sounds
— phonetician
/ˌfoʊnə
ˈ
tɪʃən/
noun
,
plural
phoneticians
[
count
]
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