Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make phonetic; render true, or more nearly corresponding, to utterance.
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- verb to
spell byphonetic script
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Examples
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How to phoneticize words from languages that are written with the Roman alphabet is murky for different reasons.
Word Court 2007
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Elephant is always a fun one, but challenging to phoneticize.
Thursday Thirteen (No 2) ewe are here 2007
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How to phoneticize words from languages that are written with the Roman alphabet is murky for different reasons.
Word Court 2007
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Alternately, phoneticize it only for those characters who pronounce it differently from the narrative voice (eg if Carson is the third-person limited perspective, then Rodney says "ZPM" and John says "ZeePM").
June 11th, 2005 2005
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Pepper can be very funny and he's one of the few who can phoneticize the Ulster accent.
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 John 2003
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After all, "Google" doesn't phoneticize well in Chinese, as the
Imagethief will 2010
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After all, "Google" doesn't phoneticize well in Chinese, as the
Imagethief 2010
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After all, "Google" doesn't phoneticize well in Chinese, as the
Imagethief 2010
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