phonics
/ˈfɒnɪks/US/ˈfɑnɪks/
phonics noun: the study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
Noun
phonics (uncountable)
- The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
- A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
- Phonics has gone in and out of style for decades, and the current conflict over how to teach reading is only the latest in a tug-of-war that dates to the 19th century.2020 February 15, Dana Goldstein, “An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Phonetics.
- Acoustics.
phonics meaning in Tamil and Kannada
phonics in Tamil
- உச்சரிப்புகள்
phonics in Kannada
- ದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಸ್ವನವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಶಾಬ್ದಶಿಕ್ಷಾವಿಧಾನ, ಶಾಬ್ದವಾದ ಕ್ರಮ, ಉಲಿಯೋದು
Origin of phonics
From phon- + -ics.
Words formed from phonics
Words that rhyme with phonics
Questions about phonics
- What does phonics mean?
- Phonics means the study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
- What is phonics in Tamil?
- Phonics in Tamil is உச்சரிப்புகள். See Phonics meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is phonics?
- Phonics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phonics?
- Phonics is pronounced /ˈfɒnɪks/ (UK).
Words near phonics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phonics (page history and authors); phonics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); phonics (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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