Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
of or relating to speech sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: phonetic
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adjective
relating to speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) + -ic.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
