In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between phonetic and contoid
is that phonetic is (linguistics) in such logographic writing systems as the chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical while contoid is (linguistics) a phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
As nouns the difference between phonetic and contoid
is that phonetic is (linguistics) in such logographic writing systems as the chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical while contoid is (linguistics) a phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
As an adjective phonetic
is relating to the sounds of spoken language.
phonetic
English
Adjective
(-)
Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
(linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)
Derived terms
* phonetical
* phonetically
Related terms
* phone
* phoneme
* phonemic
* phonetics
* semiphonetic
* fauxnetic
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics) In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.
contoid
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics) A phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.
See also
* vocoid
References
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