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Meaning of phonetic name | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A name as it is thought to have been pronounced, rather than how it is commonly written. Used with languages such as Epigraphic Mayan where the conventional transcription of the name does not reflect the pronunciation.
  2. A name written in phonographic rather than logographic characters, as in Egyptian.
  3. In electronic applications such as address books, an entry that allows a name to be looked up through pronunciation rather than spelling

Examples

“The phonetic name of Smoking Frog is Ciak Kʼak”
“The cartouche contained the titles and phonetic name of Rameses”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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