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phonotactics

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌtaktɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈfoʊnəˌtæktɪks/
  • General-American: /ˈfoʊnoʊˌtæktɪks/

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noun

Meaning 1

A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَانُونُ تَتَابُعِ الْأَصْوَاتِ (qānūnu tatābuʕi l-ʔaṣwāti) — branch of phonology
  • Dutch: fonotaxis — branch of phonology
  • Esperanto: fonotakso — branch of phonology
  • Finnish: fonotaksi — branch of phonology
  • French: phonotactique — branch of phonology
  • French: phonotaxe — branch of phonology
  • German: Phonotaktik — branch of phonology
  • German: Phonotagmatik — branch of phonology
  • German: Phonosyntax — branch of phonology
  • Hungarian: fonotaktika — branch of phonology
  • Japanese: 音素配列論 (onsohairetsuron) — branch of phonology
  • Macedonian: фонотактика (fonotaktika) — branch of phonology
  • Polish: fonotaktyka — branch of phonology
  • Portuguese: fonotática — branch of phonology
  • Romanian: fonotactică — branch of phonology
  • Russian: фо̀нота́ктика (fònotáktika) — branch of phonology
  • Serbo-Croatian: фонота̀ктика — branch of phonology
  • Serbo-Croatian: fonotàktika — branch of phonology
  • Spanish: fonotaxis — branch of phonology
  • Spanish: fonosintaxis — branch of phonology
  • Spanish: fonotáctica — branch of phonology
  • Swedish: fonotax — branch of phonology
  • Turkish: sesdizim — branch of phonology
  • Turkish: fonotaktik — branch of phonology
  • Vietnamese: kết âm học — branch of phonology