phonetic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

phon·et·ic BrE [fəˈnetɪk] NAmE [fəˈnetɪk] adjective
1. using special symbols to represent each different speech sound
•the International Phonetic Alphabet
•a phonetic symbol/transcription
2. (of a spelling or spelling system)that closely matches the sounds represented
•Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English spelling.
3. connected with the sounds of human speech
Derived Word: ↑phonetically

Word Origin:
[phonetic phonetically] early 19th cent.: from modern Latin phoneticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein ‘speak’.