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glossotype

glossotype noun: a particular phonetic writing system.

Noun

glossotype (uncountable)

  1. A particular phonetic writing system.
    • Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.1889, Alexander Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation

Origin of glossotype

From glosso- + -type.

Questions about glossotype

What does glossotype mean?
Glossotype means a particular phonetic writing system.
What part of speech is glossotype?
Glossotype is a noun.

Words near glossotype in the dictionary

  1. glossosomatid
  2. glossosomatids
  3. glossotomies
  4. glossotomy
  5. glossotrichia
  6. glossotype
  7. glossy
  8. glossy antshrike
  9. glossy antshrikes
  10. glossy hawthorn
  11. glossy hawthorns

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