phonetic symbol

Other forms: phonetic symbols

Definitions of phonetic symbol
  1. noun
    a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
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    type of:
    character, grapheme, graphic symbol
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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