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antiphonetic

antiphonetic adjective: going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.

Adjective

antiphonetic (comparative more antiphonetic, superlative most antiphonetic)

  1. Going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.
    • The writer is not responsible for the antiphonetic spelling of this and many other colonial names of places.1880, Edward Ellis Morris, Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, volume 4, page 264
    • English spelling, although unphonetic and antiphonetic, was inherited from our ancestors and has served magnificently in the glorious past. The weak spot in English spelling, however, can be easily healed with the global alphabet.1945, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Global Alphabet: Hearing Before the Committee..., page 69

Forms of antiphonetic

comparativemore antiphonetic
superlativemost antiphonetic

Origin of antiphonetic

From anti- + phonetic.

Questions about antiphonetic

What does antiphonetic mean?
Antiphonetic means going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.
What part of speech is antiphonetic?
Antiphonetic is an adjective.

Words near antiphonetic in the dictionary

  1. antiphonary
  2. antiphone
  3. antiphoner
  4. antiphoners
  5. antiphones
  6. antiphonetic
  7. antiphonic
  8. antiphonical
  9. antiphonically
  10. antiphonies
  11. antiphons

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