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phoneticize

phoneticize verb: to spell by phonetic script.

Verb

phoneticize (third-person singular simple present phoneticizes, present participle phoneticizing, simple past and past participle phoneticized)

  1. (transitive) To spell by phonetic script.
    • He phoneticizes his given name, Ippolito, into Tibetan.2017, Donald S. Lopez Jr., Dispelling the Darkness
    Synonyms:
    phonetize
  2. (transitive) To change (spelling) so that it is more phonetic (transparent) (see Orthographic depth).

Synonyms of phoneticize

Forms of phoneticize

third-person singular presentphoneticizes
present participlephoneticizing
past participlephoneticized
pastphoneticized

Origin of phoneticize

From phonetic + -ize.

Words formed from phoneticize

Questions about phoneticize

What does phoneticize mean?
Phoneticize means to spell by phonetic script.
What part of speech is phoneticize?
Phoneticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of phoneticize?
The past tense of phoneticize is phoneticized.

Words near phoneticize in the dictionary

  1. phoneticism
  2. phoneticist
  3. phoneticists
  4. phoneticization
  5. phoneticizations
  6. phoneticize
  7. phoneticized
  8. phoneticizes
  9. phoneticizing
  10. phonetics
  11. phonetisation

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