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Meaning of phonetize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To represent (something) by phonetic signs.

transitive

Examples

“I find a goodly number of Yankeeisms in him, such as idee (not as a rhyme); but the oddest is his twice spelling dew deow, which is just as one would spell it who wished to phonetize its sound in rural New England.”

CEFR level

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

phonetized phonetizes phonetizing phoney up phoneyed phoneyed up

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