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phoneticism

phoneticism noun: the phonetic representation of sounds.

Noun

phoneticism (uncountable)

  1. The phonetic representation of sounds

Origin of phoneticism

From phonetic + -ism.

Questions about phoneticism

What does phoneticism mean?
Phoneticism means the phonetic representation of sounds.
What part of speech is phoneticism?
Phoneticism is a noun.

Words near phoneticism in the dictionary

  1. phoneticisation
  2. phoneticise
  3. phoneticised
  4. phoneticises
  5. phoneticising
  6. phoneticism
  7. phoneticist
  8. phoneticists
  9. phoneticization
  10. phoneticizations
  11. phoneticize

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