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phoneticizes

phoneticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phoneticize.

Meaning of phoneticize

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).

Questions about phoneticizes

What is phoneticizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phoneticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phoneticize.

Words near phoneticizes in the dictionary

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

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