a. [ Gr. fwnhtiko`s, fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F. phonétique. See Ban a proclamation. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet. [ 1913 Webster ]
[噶, gáㄍㄚˊ] phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds); Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha; dialect final particle (esp. in Yunnan) similar to 了 le, See Also: 了#2150
[音韵 / 音韻, yīn yùnㄧㄣ ㄩㄣˋ] phonetics of Chinese, 音[ yin1 ] corresponding to the initial consonant and 韻|韵[ yun4 ] to the rhyme and tone, See Also: 音, 韻, 韵#48676
[おんぷ, onpu] (n) (1) (See お玉杓子) musical note; note symbol; (2) phonetic symbol (inc. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); (3) (See 意符) part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning); (P)#14351