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phoneticizing

phoneticizing is the present participle and gerund 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 phoneticizing

What is phoneticizing the present participle and gerund of?
Phoneticizing is the present participle and gerund of phoneticize.

Words near phoneticizing in the dictionary

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

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