What does fonética in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word fonética in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fonética in Portuguese.

The word fonética in Portuguese means phonetics, fonética, fonética, fonética, transcrição fonética, escrita fonética. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fonética

phonetics

fonética

noun (teaching method for reading)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

fonética

noun (study of the sounds of speech)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
For her masters degree in linguistics, Katie had to study phonetics.

fonética

plural noun (phonetic system of a language)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
The phonetics of Spanish and Japanese are similar.

transcrição fonética

noun (writing words as they are sounded)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
English is notorious for its lack of phonetic spelling.

escrita fonética

noun (spelling of word as pronounced)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

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