He is at home in phonetics as well as linguistics.
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Phonetics
//fəˈnɛtɪks//
Synonyms for "phonetics" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fonetiek noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Arabic
1 entries- صَوْتِيَات noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Armenian
1 entries- հնչյունաբանություն noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Asturian
1 entries- fonética noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- sövtiyyat noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Bashkir
1 entries- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Bengali
1 entries- ধ্বনিবিজ্ঞান noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Burmese
1 entries- သဒ္ဒဗေဒ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Catalan
1 entries- fonètica noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Chinese
1 entries- 語音學 /语音学 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 語音學 /语音学 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 語音學 /语音学 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Chuvash
1 entries- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- savtiyat noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Czech
1 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Danish
1 entries- fonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Dutch
2 entries- fonetiek noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- klankleer noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Erzya
2 entries- гайтьсодамо noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Esperanto
1 entries- fonetiko noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Faroese
2 entries- ljóðfrøði noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- ljóðlæra noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Finnish
2 entries- fonetiikka noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- ääntöoppi noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
French
1 entries- phonétique noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Galician
1 entries- fonética noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
German
2 entries- Lautlehre noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- Phonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Hindi
2 entries- स्वनविज्ञान noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- स्वरविज्ञान noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Hungarian
1 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Indonesian
1 entries- fonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Interlingua
1 entries- phonetica noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Irish
1 entries- foghraíocht noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Italian
1 entries- fonetica noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Japanese
1 entries- 音声学 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Kazakh
1 entries- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Khmer
2 entries- សទ្ទិកវិទ្យា noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- សព្ទសញ្ញាវិទ្យា noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Korean
2 entries- 어음학 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- 음성학 noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Latvian
1 entries- fonētika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Macedonian
1 entries- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Malay
2 entries- fonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- kaji bunyi bahasa noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Manx
1 entries- sheeanaghtys noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Mongolian
2 entries- авиазүй noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- ᠠᠪᠢᠶᠠ ᠵᠦᠢ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
N'Ko
1 entries- ߡߍ߲ߞߊ߲ߟߐ߲ߘߐߦߊ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fonetikk noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Occitan
1 entries- fonetica noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Persian
2 entries- آواشناسی noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- صوتیات noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Polish
1 entries- fonetyka noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Portuguese
1 entries- fonética noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Romanian
1 entries- fonetică noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Russian
1 entries- фоне́тика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Santali
1 entries- ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fonètika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- фонѐтика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Sindhi
1 entries- وايوڪيات noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Slovak
1 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Slovene
1 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Spanish
1 entries- fonética noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Swahili
1 entries- fonetiki noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Swedish
1 entries- fonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Tagalog
1 entries- palatinigan noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Tajik
2 entries- савтиёт noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- фонетика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Tamil
2 entries- ஒலிப்பியல் noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- ஒலியியல் noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Thai
1 entries- สัทศาสตร์ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Turkish
2 entries- fonetik noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- sesbilgisi noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фоне́тика noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Urdu
1 entries- صَوْتِیَّاتْ noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Uzbek
2 entries- fonetika noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
- savtiyot noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngữ âm học noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Welsh
1 entries- seineg noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָנעטיק noun (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
My earliest thoughts were about phonetics.
Source: tatoeba (1325344)
Without actually knowing what "phonetics" meant and probably not even knowing the alphabet, I was able to think to myself that "p" was a harder version of "b" as was "t" to "d", "k" to "g" and "s" to "z".
Source: tatoeba (1325353)
English phonetics are very inconsistent.
Source: tatoeba (6392492)
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