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phonetize

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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