The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phonetic spelling
Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a sound, tone; akin to Gr. ? to speak: cf. F. phon['e]tique. See Ban a proclamation.]
Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
Usage examples of "phonetic spelling".
Lavin, Roche et Lavin was obviously the name of a French firm and Wazerzat looked like the phonetic spelling of an Arab town - Ouarzazate, for instance.