phoneticize
American
[fuh-net-uh-sahyz, foh-]
/ fəˈnɛt əˌsaɪz, foʊ- /
especially British,
phoneticise
verb (used with object)
phoneticized,
phoneticizing
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to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
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to increase the regularity of correspondence between sound and symbol in (a writing system).
a proposal for a new system of phoneticized English spelling.
Other Word Forms
- phoneticization noun
Etymology
Origin of phoneticize
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