phonetics
noun
1 phonetics
The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.
Roget 402:
sound,
noise,
strain;
accent,
twang,
intonation,
tone;
cadence;
sonorousness
etc.
adj.;
audibility;
resonance
etc.
408;
voice
etc.
580;
aspirate;
ideophone†;
rough breathing.
[Science, of sound]
acoustics;
phonics,
phonetics,
phonology,
phonography†;
diacoustics†,
diaphonics†;
phonetism†.
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Dutch: fonetiek
Polish: głosownia
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