pho·net·ics (f -n t  ks)n. The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols. |
phonetics
[fōnet′iks]
Etymology: Gk, phone, voice
1 the science of speech sounds used in language.
2 a written code used by speech-language pathologists and linguists to represent speech sounds.
phonetics [fo-net´iks]
the science of vocal sounds.
phonetics (fōnet´iks),
n the study of the production and perception of speech sounds, including individual and group variations and their use in speech.
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