phonetics
/fəˈnetɪks/noun
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the study of speech sounds and how they are produced
ध्वनि-विज्ञान
- English phonetics
- In phonetics class, we learned how to write words using special symbols.
- Radhika studies phonetics to improve her pronunciation of English words.
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- The dictionary uses phonetics symbols to show how each word is spoken.
- He is writing a book on the phonetics of Indian languages.
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pho·net·ics
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Keep the language-study words together: phonetics (speech sounds), phonology (sound patterns of a language), morphology (word formation), syntax (sentence structure), semantics (meaning).
भाषा-अध्ययन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: phonetics (भाषण-ध्वनियाँ), phonology (भाषा के ध्वनि-पैटर्न), morphology (शब्द-निर्माण), syntax (वाक्य-संरचना), semantics (अर्थ)।
§Grammar and usage
Phonetics takes a singular verb ('Phonetics is useful for pronunciation'), like physics and mathematics.
Phonetics singular verb लेता है ('Phonetics is useful for pronunciation'), physics और mathematics की तरह।
Usage: the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) gives one symbol for each sound, which is why dictionaries show pronunciation in IPA (like /fəˈnetɪks/).
प्रयोग में International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) हर ध्वनि के लिए एक चिह्न देता है, इसीलिए शब्दकोश pronunciation IPA में दिखाते हैं (जैसे /fəˈnetɪks/)।