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ph.

ph. is the abbreviation of phonetic.

Meaning of phonetic

Adjective

phonetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  2. Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
  3. Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
    • All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.

See all 4 meanings of phonetic

Phrases with ph.

Questions about ph.

What is ph. the abbreviation of?
Ph. is the abbreviation of phonetic.

Words near ph. in the dictionary

  1. pH indicator
  2. pH indicators
  3. pH meter
  4. pH meters
  5. pH-metry
  6. ph.
  7. Ph. D's
  8. Ph. D.
  9. Ph.D.
  10. ph33r
  11. PHA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ph. (page history and authors); phonetic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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