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phoneticize

especially British, ·Ա··

[fuh-net-uh-sahyz, foh-]

verb (used with object)

phoneticized, phoneticizing 
  1. to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.

  2. to increase the regularity of correspondence between sound and symbol in (a writing system).

    a proposal for a new system of phoneticized English spelling.



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Other Word Forms

  • phoneticization noun
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

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My initials are DGLB, and my parents used to phoneticize it as a nickname to “Douglby.”

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