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phonotypy

phonotypy noun: the English Phonotypic Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet developed in the 1850s.

Noun

phonotypy (usually uncountable, plural phonotypies)

  1. (historical, usually) The English Phonotypic Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet developed in the 1850s.

Forms of phonotypy

pluralphonotypies

Origin of phonotypy

From phono- + -typy.

Words formed from phonotypy

Questions about phonotypy

What does phonotypy mean?
Phonotypy means the English Phonotypic Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet developed in the 1850s.
What part of speech is phonotypy?
Phonotypy is a noun.
What is the plural of phonotypy?
The plural of phonotypy is phonotypies.

Words near phonotypy in the dictionary

  1. phonotypical
  2. phonotypically
  3. phonotypies
  4. phonotypist
  5. phonotypists
  6. phonotypy
  7. phonovibrogram
  8. phonovibrograms
  9. phonovibrographic
  10. phonovibrography
  11. phonovision

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