Dictionary Definition
phonic adj
1 pertaining to the phonic method of teaching
reading
2 relating to speech
3 of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic
transcription" [syn: phonetic]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Translations
phonic
- Italian: fonico
See also
Extensive Definition
Phonic may refer to:
- A synonym of phonetic, adjective pertaining to sounds or speech.
- Phonic Corporation, a Taiwan based professional audio equipment manufacturer.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accented, acoustic, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar,
apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, audible, audile, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dissimilated, dorsal, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, guttural, hard, hearing, heavy, high, hypersonic, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, mid, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, otic, otological, otopathic, otoscopic, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, pitch, pitched, posttonic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, soft, sonant, sonic, stopped, stressed, strong, subsonic, supersonic, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, transonic, transsonic, twangy, ultrasonic, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide